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Lewis and Clark

Blue Lost Trail, MT

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical1,612 ft
Length6,220 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesE
Top8,061 ft

Lewis and Clark drops 1,612 vertical feet over 6,220 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 87% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 67 named runs at Lost Trail. It faces east.

How well Lewis and Clark holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 15°, Lewis and Clark gets about 105% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lost Trail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th 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.

Lewis and Clark profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lewis and Clark 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.