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Crazy Horse

Blue Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical1,418 ft
Length8,514 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesE
Top8,976 ft

Crazy Horse drops 1,418 vertical feet over 8,514 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 184th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces east.

How well Crazy Horse holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 10°, Crazy Horse gets about 103% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 98th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,980 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.

Crazy Horse profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Crazy Horse 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.