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Tohelluride

Double black Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch42°
Vertical851 ft
Length2,051 ft
Average pitch25°
FacesS
Top10,384 ft

Tohelluride drops 851 vertical feet over 2,051 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 1,240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces south.

How well Tohelluride holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 25°, Tohelluride gets about 175% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 100% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 10,380 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.

Tohelluride profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Tohelluride 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.