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Big Horn Cut-Off

Blue Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical112 ft
Length980 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesSE
Top8,616 ft

Big Horn Cut-Off drops 112 vertical feet over 980 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 960 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 274th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces southeast.

How well Big Horn Cut-Off holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 7°, Big Horn Cut-Off gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 73rd sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,620 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.

Big Horn Cut-Off profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Big Horn Cut-Off elsewhere

Nearby at Big Sky

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.