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Stump Farm

Black diamond Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical586 ft
Length1,844 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesE
Top8,642 ft

Stump Farm drops 586 vertical feet over 1,844 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 1,380 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 106th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces east.

How well Stump Farm holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 19°, Stump Farm gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 70th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,640 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Stump Farm profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Stump Farm 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.