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Nacho

Blue Great Divide, MT

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical390 ft
Length1,336 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesNE
Top6,514 ft

Nacho drops 390 vertical feet over 1,336 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 67th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces northeast.

How well Nacho holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 17°, Nacho gets about 58% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 43rd shadiest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,510 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.

Nacho profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Nacho 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.