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White Witch

Blue Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical340 ft
Length1,383 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesNE
Top8,698 ft

White Witch drops 340 vertical feet over 1,383 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 114th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northeast.

How well White Witch holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 14°, White Witch gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 113th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,700 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.

White Witch 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.