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Longhorn

Blue Great Divide, MT

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical170 ft
Length510 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesNE
Top6,392 ft

Longhorn drops 170 vertical feet over 510 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 73% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 62nd steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces northeast.

How well Longhorn holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 20°, Longhorn gets about 75% 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 71st shadiest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,390 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.

Longhorn profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Longhorn 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.