Blue Great Divide, MT
Cruse drops 241 vertical feet over 990 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 96th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 14°, Cruse gets about 97% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's sunnier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th sunniest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 7,000 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.