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Freemont's Forest

Blue Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical696 ft
Length3,084 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSE
Top8,556 ft

Freemont's Forest drops 696 vertical feet over 3,084 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,830 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 215th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces southeast.

How well Freemont's Forest holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 13°, Freemont's Forest gets about 118% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 67th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,560 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.

Freemont's Forest profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Freemont's Forest 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.