Blue Big Sky, MT
Short Stack drops 69 vertical feet over 467 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 7% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 278th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 9°, Short Stack gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 72nd shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 7,590 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.