Black diamond Big Sky, MT
Lower Pine Marten drops 417 vertical feet over 2,397 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 2,100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 13% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 212th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 10°, Lower Pine Marten gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 68th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 7,600 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.