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Blue Room

Black diamond Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch34°
Vertical576 ft
Length1,774 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesN
Top8,232 ft

Blue Room drops 576 vertical feet over 1,774 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 1,560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 82nd steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces north.

How well Blue Room holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 19°, Blue Room gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,230 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.

Blue Room profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.