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Quick Draw

Blue Great Divide, MT

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical404 ft
Length1,365 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesN
Top6,711 ft

Quick Draw drops 404 vertical feet over 1,365 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 69th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces north.

How well Quick Draw holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 17°, Quick Draw gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th shadiest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,710 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.

Quick Draw profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Quick Draw 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.