Blue Big Sky, MT
Ice House drops 755 vertical feet over 3,007 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 1,990 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 154th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, Ice House gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 111th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,610 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.