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Head Frame

Blue Discovery, MT

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical481 ft
Length1,567 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesNW
Top7,341 ft

Head Frame drops 481 vertical feet over 1,567 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 940 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 62 named runs at Discovery. It faces northwest.

How well Head Frame holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northwest at an average 18°, Head Frame gets about 53% of the winter sun that flat ground at Discovery does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Discovery. Its top sits at 7,340 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.

Head Frame profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Head Frame 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.