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Bonanza

Blue Great Divide, MT

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical491 ft
Length1,847 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesNE
Top7,106 ft

Bonanza drops 491 vertical feet over 1,847 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces northeast.

How well Bonanza holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 16°, Bonanza gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 66th shadiest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 7,110 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Bonanza profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bonanza 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.