Double black Great Divide, MT
The Drifts drops 227 vertical feet over 760 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 550 feet below the top. That's steeper than 10% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 65th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 18°, The Drifts gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd sunniest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 7,110 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.
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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.