Blue Big Sky, MT
Daku's Dip drops 191 vertical feet over 852 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 227th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 13°, Daku's Dip gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 86th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,530 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.