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Horseshoe

Blue Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical1,994 ft
Length13,879 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesNE
Top9,167 ft

Horseshoe drops 1,994 vertical feet over 13,879 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 10,000 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 202nd steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northeast.

How well Horseshoe holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 8°, Horseshoe gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 129th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 9,170 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Horseshoe profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Horseshoe 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.