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Teacups

Blue Discovery, MT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical513 ft
Length2,273 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSE
Top7,649 ft

Teacups drops 513 vertical feet over 2,273 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 1,910 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 46th steepest of 62 named runs at Discovery. It faces southeast.

How well Teacups holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 13°, Teacups 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 9th sunniest named run at Discovery. Its top sits at 7,650 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.

Teacups profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Teacups 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.