Green Big Sky, MT
Gator Way drops 137 vertical feet over 2,175 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 60 feet below the top. That's steeper than 98% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 166th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 4°, Gator Way gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 123rd sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 7,540 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.
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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.