Black diamond Big Sky, MT
Community Matters drops 226 vertical feet over 1,288 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 1,130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 179th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 10°, Community Matters gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 101st shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 7,830 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.