Black diamond Great Divide, MT
Gun Smoke drops 423 vertical feet over 1,328 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 940 feet below the top. That's steeper than 21% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Gun Smoke gets about 45% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,630 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.