Green Big Sky, MT
Smithy drops 231 vertical feet over 1,759 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 1,460 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 255th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 8°, Smithy gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 92nd shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,020 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.