Black diamond Big Sky, MT
Midnight drops 828 vertical feet over 2,116 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 1,710 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 23°, Midnight gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 35th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 9,600 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.