Blue Great Divide, MT
Drinkwater drops 291 vertical feet over 1,519 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 90th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 11°, Drinkwater gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 72nd shadiest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,120 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.
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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.