Double black Big Sky, MT
Cold Spring drops 760 vertical feet over 1,347 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 41° about 660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 75% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 35°, Cold Spring gets about 28% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 100% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 9,700 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.
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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.