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C

Double black Lost Trail, MT

Steepest pitch39°
Vertical216 ft
Length358 ft
Average pitch37°
FacesSE
Top8,059 ft

C drops 216 vertical feet over 358 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 67 named runs at Lost Trail. It faces southeast.

How well C holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 37°, C gets about 162% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lost Trail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Lost Trail. Its top sits at 8,060 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.

C profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like C 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.