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Southern Drawl

Blue Bridger Bowl, MT

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical526 ft
Length1,604 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesSE
Top7,571 ft

Southern Drawl drops 526 vertical feet over 1,604 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 46 named runs at Bridger Bowl. It faces southeast.

How well Southern Drawl holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 19°, Southern Drawl gets about 133% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bridger Bowl does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Bridger Bowl. Its top sits at 7,570 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.

Southern Drawl profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Southern Drawl elsewhere

Nearby at Bridger Bowl

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.