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Calamity Jane

Blue Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical1,451 ft
Length6,878 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesE
Top9,185 ft

Calamity Jane drops 1,451 vertical feet over 6,878 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 6,550 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 206th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces east.

How well Calamity Jane holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 12°, Calamity Jane gets about 97% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 113th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 9,180 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Calamity Jane profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Calamity Jane 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.