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Blacktail ski runs

20 named runs · about 13 miles of skiing · 5,240 to 6,660 ft

Green 20% (2.5 mi)Blue 50% (6.5 mi)Black 30% (3.8 mi)Double black 0% (0.0 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

  1. Snow Blower 27°
  2. Badrock 26°
  3. Meadow 25°
  4. Taildragger 24°
  5. Independence Park 24°

Longest

  1. Lakeside Run 6,800 ft
  2. Emmons Ridge 6,500 ft
  3. Meadow 5,200 ft
  4. Blacktail Run 4,900 ft
  5. West Ridge 4,300 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Badrock 54% sun
  2. Snow Blower 54% sun
  3. Easy Out 55% sun
  4. Damnation 55% sun
  5. Meadow 59% sun

Longest greens

  1. Cold Camp 3,600 ft
  2. Widowmaker 2,900 ft
  3. Longbranch 2,500 ft
  4. Easy Out 2,400 ft
  5. Short Branch 2,100 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 20 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Snow Blower Black 1,015 ft 3,133 ft 27° 19° NE Excellent
Badrock Black 785 ft 2,166 ft 26° 21° NE Excellent
Meadow Black 1,422 ft 5,229 ft 25° 16° NE Excellent
Taildragger Black 717 ft 2,651 ft 24° 16° NE Excellent
Independence Park Blue 669 ft 2,732 ft 24° 14° NE Good
Lakeside Run Blue 1,422 ft 6,815 ft 24° 12° N Excellent
Damnation Black 879 ft 2,803 ft 24° 18° NE Excellent
Snowslip Blue 794 ft 2,532 ft 23° 18° NE Excellent
White River Black 690 ft 2,627 ft 23° 15° N Excellent
Clearcut Blue 532 ft 2,140 ft 23° 14° NE Average
Radar Blue 805 ft 3,036 ft 22° 15° NE Good
West Ridge Blue 896 ft 4,292 ft 21° 12° N Good
Emmons Ridge Blue 1,419 ft 6,476 ft 20° 13° N Excellent
Blacktail Run Blue 721 ft 4,910 ft 19° 9° NE Good
Longbranch Green 245 ft 2,502 ft 18° 6° NE Excellent
Cabinet View Blue 364 ft 2,196 ft 17° 10° NW Average
Widowmaker Green 492 ft 2,927 ft 16° 10° N Excellent
Easy Out Green 179 ft 2,443 ft 14° 4° N Excellent
Cold Camp Green 509 ft 3,632 ft 14° 8° N Average
Short Branch Green 174 ft 2,070 ft 13° 5° NE Average

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.