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Platinum

Blue Discovery, MT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical373 ft
Length2,094 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesS
Top7,267 ft

Platinum drops 373 vertical feet over 2,094 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 630 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 49th steepest of 62 named runs at Discovery. It faces south.

How well Platinum holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 10°, Platinum gets about 132% of the winter sun that flat ground at Discovery does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Discovery. Its top sits at 7,270 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.

Platinum profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Platinum 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.