Black diamond Great Divide, MT
Saddle Sore drops 247 vertical feet over 785 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 53rd steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Saddle Sore gets about 48% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th shadiest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,520 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.