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Giddy Up

Blue Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical134 ft
Length697 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesN
Top7,473 ft

Giddy Up drops 134 vertical feet over 697 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 261st steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces north.

How well Giddy Up holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 11°, Giddy Up gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 7,470 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.

Giddy Up profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.