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Country Club

Black diamond Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical260 ft
Length649 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesSE
Top9,660 ft

Country Club drops 260 vertical feet over 649 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 129th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces southeast.

How well Country Club holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 24°, Country Club gets about 130% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 47th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 9,660 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Country Club profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Country Club 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.