Black diamond Big Sky, MT
Rice Bowl drops 249 vertical feet over 725 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 53rd steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 21°, Rice Bowl gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,960 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.