Blue Great Divide, MT
Dude Ranch drops 29 vertical feet over 265 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 4% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 118th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 6°, Dude Ranch gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 70th shadiest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,320 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.