Blue Great Divide, MT
Kickapoo drops 110 vertical feet over 384 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 35% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 100th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Kickapoo gets about 53% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st shadiest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,350 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.