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Giant Steps

Black diamond Great Divide, MT

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical199 ft
Length524 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesE
Top6,316 ft

Giant Steps drops 199 vertical feet over 524 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces east.

How well Giant Steps holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 23°, Giant Steps gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st sunniest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,320 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Giant Steps profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Giant Steps 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.