Double black Big Sky, MT
Headwaters Bowl drops 686 vertical feet over 1,486 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 360 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 64th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 28°, Headwaters Bowl gets about 48% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 9,720 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.