Blue Blacktail, MT
Independence Park drops 669 vertical feet over 2,732 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 500 feet below the top. That's steeper than 73% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 20 named runs at Blacktail. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 14°, Independence Park gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Blacktail does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th shadiest named run at Blacktail. Its top sits at 6,270 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.