Blue Discovery, MT
Rising Star drops 118 vertical feet over 1,105 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,080 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 west.
Facing west at an average 6°, Rising Star gets about 99% of the winter sun that flat ground at Discovery does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Discovery. Its top sits at 6,450 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.