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Buck's Pass

Blue Teton Pass, MT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical269 ft
Length2,503 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesE
Top6,512 ft

Buck's Pass drops 269 vertical feet over 2,503 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 38 named runs at Teton Pass. It faces east.

How well Buck's Pass holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 6°, Buck's Pass gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Teton Pass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th sunniest named run at Teton Pass. Its top sits at 6,510 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Buck's Pass profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Buck's Pass elsewhere

Nearby at Teton Pass

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.