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Cron's

Double black Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical360 ft
Length934 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesNE
Top10,154 ft

Cron's drops 360 vertical feet over 934 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 420 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 71st steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northeast.

How well Cron's holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 23°, Cron's gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 53rd shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 10,150 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.

Cron's profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cron's 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.