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Headwall Traverse at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort

Advanced · 1585 m long with 90 m of vertical, averaging 4° and 22° at its steepest, facing NE.

22°steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
1585 mlength
90 mvertical
2952 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Headwall Traverse is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Headwall Traverse

Lifts that reach the top: Sublette Quad Chair (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Aerial Tram (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 23 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Aerial Tram
  2. Ski unnamed advanced trail (advanced)
  3. Ski Rendezvous Bowl (advanced)
  4. Ski Rendezvous Trail (intermediate)
  5. Ride Sublette Quad Chair
  6. Ski Tensleep (advanced)
  7. Ski Cirque (advanced)
  8. Ski Headwall Traverse (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Coombs, Cirque, Snag Tree, Limber Pine Chute. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Thunder Quad Chair (4 min), Casper Bowl High Speed Quad (4 min), Marmot Double (4 min).

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Measured 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.