Double black (extreme) Big Sky, MT
Rips drops 1,607 vertical feet over 5,137 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 45° about 1,460 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Rips gets about 48% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 10,440 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.