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Little Dogie

Green Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical468 ft
Length3,239 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesE
Top8,030 ft

Little Dogie drops 468 vertical feet over 3,239 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 2,860 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 272nd steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces east.

How well Little Dogie holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 8°, Little Dogie gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 124th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,030 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Little Dogie profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Little Dogie 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.