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Bobcat

Blue Lost Trail, MT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical245 ft
Length1,000 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top7,311 ft

Bobcat drops 245 vertical feet over 1,000 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 550 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 40th steepest of 67 named runs at Lost Trail. It faces east.

How well Bobcat holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 14°, Bobcat gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lost Trail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Lost Trail. Its top sits at 7,310 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Bobcat profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bobcat elsewhere

Nearby at Lost Trail

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.