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Three Moons

Double black Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch41°
Vertical519 ft
Length1,061 ft
Average pitch30°
FacesS
Top9,926 ft

Three Moons drops 519 vertical feet over 1,061 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 41° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 73% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 41st steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces south.

How well Three Moons holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 30°, Three Moons gets about 162% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 9,930 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.

Three Moons profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Three Moons 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.