Blue Big Sky, MT
Yaak drops 81 vertical feet over 391 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 230 feet below the top. That's steeper than 30% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 241st steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Yaak gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 61st shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 7,480 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.