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Granite Gateway

Green Maverick Mountain, MT

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical404 ft
Length2,941 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesE
Top7,510 ft

Granite Gateway drops 404 vertical feet over 2,941 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 2,680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 78% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 18 named runs at Maverick Mountain. It faces east.

How well Granite Gateway holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 8°, Granite Gateway gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Maverick Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Maverick Mountain. Its top sits at 7,510 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.

Granite Gateway profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Granite Gateway elsewhere

Nearby at Maverick Mountain

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.