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Red Lion

Green Discovery, MT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical825 ft
Length4,571 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesS
Top7,755 ft

Red Lion drops 825 vertical feet over 4,571 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 1,380 feet below the top. That's steeper than 81% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 51st steepest of 62 named runs at Discovery. It faces south.

How well Red Lion holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 10°, Red Lion gets about 133% of the winter sun that flat ground at Discovery does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Discovery. Its top sits at 7,750 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.

Red Lion profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Red Lion 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.