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Broncho

Double black Great Divide, MT

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical777 ft
Length2,004 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesE
Top6,813 ft

Broncho drops 777 vertical feet over 2,004 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 890 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces east.

How well Broncho holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 23°, Broncho gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,810 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.

Broncho profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Broncho 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.