Double black Big Sky, MT
Snake Pit drops 1,178 vertical feet over 3,162 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 1,940 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 22°, Snake Pit gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 117th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,600 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.