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White Otter

Green Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical168 ft
Length2,242 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesNE
Top7,729 ft

White Otter drops 168 vertical feet over 2,242 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 60 feet below the top. That's steeper than 73% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 260th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northeast.

How well White Otter holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 5°, White Otter gets about 90% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 137th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 7,730 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

White Otter profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like White Otter 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.