Black diamond Big Sky, MT
Whitetail drops 1,388 vertical feet over 2,391 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 45° about 620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 36°, Whitetail gets about 39% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 10,130 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.
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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.