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Anaconda

Black diamond Discovery, MT

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical987 ft
Length2,476 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesSE
Top8,039 ft

Anaconda drops 987 vertical feet over 2,476 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,010 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 62 named runs at Discovery. It faces southeast.

How well Anaconda holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 24°, Anaconda gets about 156% of the winter sun that flat ground at Discovery does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Discovery. Its top sits at 8,040 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.

Anaconda profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Anaconda 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.