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Between the Peaks

Blue Great Divide, MT

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical468 ft
Length6,139 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesE
Top7,198 ft

Between the Peaks drops 468 vertical feet over 6,139 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 4,320 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 70th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces east.

How well Between the Peaks holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 5°, Between the Peaks gets about 107% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th sunniest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 7,200 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.

Between the Peaks profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Between the Peaks elsewhere

Nearby at Great Divide

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.