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Claimjumper

Blue Discovery, MT

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical394 ft
Length2,793 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesSE
Top8,151 ft

Claimjumper drops 394 vertical feet over 2,793 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 1,340 feet below the top. That's steeper than 18% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 56th steepest of 62 named runs at Discovery. It faces southeast.

How well Claimjumper holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 8°, Claimjumper gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Discovery does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th sunniest named run at Discovery. Its top sits at 8,150 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.

Claimjumper profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Claimjumper 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.