Double black Discovery, MT
Mother Lode drops 909 vertical feet over 2,355 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 62 named runs at Discovery. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, Mother Lode gets about 48% of the winter sun that flat ground at Discovery does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th shadiest named run at Discovery. Its top sits at 8,150 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.
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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.