Blue Big Sky, MT
Madagascar drops 299 vertical feet over 932 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 700 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 187th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 19°, Madagascar gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,220 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.