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Sacajawea

Green Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical838 ft
Length3,802 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSE
Top8,693 ft

Sacajawea drops 838 vertical feet over 3,802 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 2,860 feet below the top. That's steeper than 87% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 230th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces southeast.

How well Sacajawea holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 13°, Sacajawea gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 72nd sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,690 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.

Sacajawea profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sacajawea 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.