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White Wing

Green Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical1,430 ft
Length9,294 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesE
Top8,976 ft

White Wing drops 1,430 vertical feet over 9,294 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 2,340 feet below the top. That's steeper than 80% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 247th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces east.

How well White Wing holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 9°, White Wing gets about 96% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 116th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,980 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.

White Wing profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like White Wing 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.