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Wagon Train

Green Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical736 ft
Length4,215 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesN
Top8,047 ft

Wagon Train drops 736 vertical feet over 4,215 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 650 feet below the top. That's steeper than 80% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 248th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces north.

How well Wagon Train holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 10°, Wagon Train gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 107th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,050 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Wagon Train profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.