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Sidewinder

Green Great Divide, MT

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical144 ft
Length829 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesS
Top6,249 ft

Sidewinder drops 144 vertical feet over 829 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 65% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 110th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces south.

How well Sidewinder holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 10°, Sidewinder gets about 129% 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 7th sunniest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,250 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.

Sidewinder profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sidewinder 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.