Blue Blacktail, MT
West Ridge drops 896 vertical feet over 4,292 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 3,690 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 20 named runs at Blacktail. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, West Ridge gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Blacktail does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th 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.