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Wolf

Green Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical129 ft
Length975 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesE
Top7,911 ft

Wolf drops 129 vertical feet over 975 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 950 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 238th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces east.

How well Wolf holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 8°, Wolf gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 74th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 7,910 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Wolf profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wolf 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.