Green Big Sky, MT
Papa Bear drops 56 vertical feet over 631 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 222nd steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 6°, Papa Bear gets about 90% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 140th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 7,540 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.
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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.