Blue Great Divide, MT
Upper Wild Acres drops 315 vertical feet over 1,619 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 91st steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 11°, Upper Wild Acres gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 57th shadiest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 7,200 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.
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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.