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Snow Fields

Blue Great Divide, MT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical531 ft
Length2,145 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top7,183 ft

Snow Fields drops 531 vertical feet over 2,145 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 2,050 feet below the top. That's steeper than 56% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 84th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces east.

How well Snow Fields holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 14°, Snow Fields gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's sunnier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 35th sunniest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 7,180 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Snow Fields profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Snow Fields 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.