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Berkeley

Blue Discovery, MT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical1,193 ft
Length4,789 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesS
Top8,156 ft

Berkeley drops 1,193 vertical feet over 4,789 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 3,230 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 41st steepest of 62 named runs at Discovery. It faces south.

How well Berkeley holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 15°, Berkeley gets about 136% of the winter sun that flat ground at Discovery does, December through March. That's sunnier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Discovery. Its top sits at 8,160 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.

Berkeley profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Berkeley 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.