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Little Ewe

Green Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical405 ft
Length1,922 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSE
Top8,139 ft

Little Ewe drops 405 vertical feet over 1,922 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 81% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 241st steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces southeast.

How well Little Ewe holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 12°, Little Ewe gets about 117% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 69th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,140 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Little Ewe profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Little Ewe 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.