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Lois Lane

Green Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical275 ft
Length1,991 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesNE
Top8,425 ft

Lois Lane drops 275 vertical feet over 1,991 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 1,750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 267th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northeast.

How well Lois Lane holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 8°, Lois Lane gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 145th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,420 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.

Lois Lane profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lois Lane 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.