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Cinnabar

Green Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical1,109 ft
Length7,226 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesN
Top8,531 ft

Cinnabar drops 1,109 vertical feet over 7,226 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 1,070 feet below the top. That's steeper than 75% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 256th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces north.

How well Cinnabar holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 9°, Cinnabar gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 86th 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.

Cinnabar profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cinnabar 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.