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Blue Moon

Blue Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical854 ft
Length5,976 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesNE
Top8,796 ft

Blue Moon drops 854 vertical feet over 5,976 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 3,320 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 214th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northeast.

How well Blue Moon holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 8°, Blue Moon gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 143rd sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,800 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Blue Moon profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Blue Moon 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.