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Marmot Meadows

Blue Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical289 ft
Length1,176 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top8,148 ft

Marmot Meadows drops 289 vertical feet over 1,176 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 77% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 168th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces east.

How well Marmot Meadows holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 14°, Marmot Meadows gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 83rd sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,150 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.

Marmot Meadows profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Marmot Meadows 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.