Black diamond Big Sky, MT
Bad Dog drops 526 vertical feet over 1,871 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,000 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 133rd steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Bad Dog gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 49th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,530 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.