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Little Darling

Blue Discovery, MT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical553 ft
Length3,279 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSW
Top6,524 ft

Little Darling drops 553 vertical feet over 3,279 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 62 named runs at Discovery. It faces southwest.

How well Little Darling holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 11°, Little Darling gets about 126% of the winter sun that flat ground at Discovery does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Discovery. Its top sits at 6,520 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.

Little Darling profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Little Darling 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.