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Zee

Blue Great Divide, MT

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical824 ft
Length2,200 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesE
Top7,178 ft

Zee drops 824 vertical feet over 2,200 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 1,930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 37th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces east.

How well Zee holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 22°, Zee gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd 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.

Zee profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Zee 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.