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Little Calf

Green Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical1,244 ft
Length8,547 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesNE
Top8,089 ft

Little Calf drops 1,244 vertical feet over 8,547 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 5,300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 265th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northeast.

How well Little Calf holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 8°, Little Calf gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 135th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,090 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.

Little Calf profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Little Calf 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.