Black diamond Big Sky, MT
Single Jack drops 833 vertical feet over 3,296 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 2,300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 117th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 15°, Single Jack gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 43rd shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,400 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.