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North Star Trail

Blue Teton Pass, MT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical27 ft
Length330 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesE
Top7,056 ft

North Star Trail drops 27 vertical feet over 330 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 38 named runs at Teton Pass. It faces east.

How well North Star Trail holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 5°, North Star Trail gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Teton Pass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th sunniest named run at Teton Pass. Its top sits at 7,060 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.

North Star Trail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like North Star Trail 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.