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Outback

Black diamond Great Divide, MT

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical296 ft
Length1,142 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSE
Top6,256 ft

Outback drops 296 vertical feet over 1,142 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 850 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 37th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces southeast.

How well Outback holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 15°, Outback gets about 130% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,260 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Outback profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Outback 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.