Black diamond Big Sky, MT
Liftline Cut drops 609 vertical feet over 2,210 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,900 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 126th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 16°, Liftline Cut gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 125th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,820 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.
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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.