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Cherokee

Black diamond Teton Pass, MT

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical509 ft
Length1,594 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesE
Top7,031 ft

Cherokee drops 509 vertical feet over 1,594 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 38 named runs at Teton Pass. It faces east.

How well Cherokee holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 20°, Cherokee gets about 114% of the winter sun that flat ground at Teton Pass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th sunniest named run at Teton Pass. Its top sits at 7,030 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.

Cherokee profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cherokee 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.