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Silver Fox Gully

Blue Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical106 ft
Length448 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top7,473 ft

Silver Fox Gully drops 106 vertical feet over 448 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 202nd steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces east.

How well Silver Fox Gully holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 14°, Silver Fox Gully gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 149th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 7,470 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.

Silver Fox Gully profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Silver Fox Gully 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.