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Trapper

Blue Great Divide, MT

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical272 ft
Length1,034 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesN
Top6,873 ft

Trapper drops 272 vertical feet over 1,034 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces north.

How well Trapper holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 15°, Trapper gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th shadiest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,870 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.

Trapper profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Trapper 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.