Blue Great Divide, MT
Surprise drops 835 vertical feet over 3,431 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 14°, Surprise gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's shadier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 79th shadiest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,760 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.