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Bad Finger

Double black Discovery, MT

Steepest pitch37°
Vertical630 ft
Length1,499 ft
Average pitch25°
FacesE
Top7,907 ft

Bad Finger drops 630 vertical feet over 1,499 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 62 named runs at Discovery. It faces east.

How well Bad Finger holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 25°, Bad Finger gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Discovery does, December through March. That's sunnier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th sunniest named run at Discovery. Its top sits at 7,910 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Bad Finger profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bad Finger 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.