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Almost Famous

Blue Discovery, MT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical271 ft
Length2,296 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNE
Top6,631 ft

Almost Famous drops 271 vertical feet over 2,296 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 2,150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 52% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 45th steepest of 62 named runs at Discovery. It faces northeast.

How well Almost Famous holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 7°, Almost Famous gets about 64% of the winter sun that flat ground at Discovery does, December through March. That's shadier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th shadiest named run at Discovery. Its top sits at 6,630 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.

Almost Famous profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Almost Famous elsewhere

Nearby at Discovery

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.