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Stumpy's

Blue Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical145 ft
Length764 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesE
Top7,745 ft

Stumpy's drops 145 vertical feet over 764 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 265th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces east.

How well Stumpy's holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 11°, Stumpy's gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 133rd sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 7,750 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.

Stumpy's profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Stumpy's 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.