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Headwaters Hiking Area

Double black (extreme) Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch50°
Vertical1,188 ft
Length—
Average pitch42°
FacesNE
Top10,290 ft

Headwaters Hiking Area drops 1,188 vertical feet over feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 50°. That's steeper than 98% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northeast.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Headwaters Hiking Area 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.