Palmer's Raceway at Grand Targhee Resort
Easy · 828 m long with 96 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 19° at its steepest, facing W.
19°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
828 mlength
96 mvertical
2535 mtop elevation
Wfaces
Snow and sun
Palmer's Raceway is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.
How to get to Palmer's Raceway
Lifts that reach the top: Shoshone (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Blackfoot (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Dreamcatcher (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 3 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Shoshone
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Big Horn (easy)
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Palmer's Raceway (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Sweetwater, unnamed easy trail, Teton Vista Traverse, Big Horn. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Dreamcatcher (1 min), Shoshone (1 min), Huckleberry Conveyor (2 min).
See Palmer's Raceway on the 3D mapAll runs at Grand Targhee ResortMeasured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.