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Hole's Hell

Blue Turner Mountain, MT

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical544 ft
Length1,846 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesE
Top4,510 ft

Hole's Hell drops 544 vertical feet over 1,846 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 98% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 23 named runs at Turner Mountain. It faces east.

How well Hole's Hell holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 17°, Hole's Hell gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Turner Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Turner Mountain. Its top sits at 4,510 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.

Hole's Hell profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hole's Hell elsewhere

Nearby at Turner Mountain

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.