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Ridge

Blue Maverick Mountain, MT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical935 ft
Length4,053 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesS
Top8,420 ft

Ridge drops 935 vertical feet over 4,053 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 2,760 feet below the top. That's steeper than 56% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 18 named runs at Maverick Mountain. It faces south.

How well Ridge holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 13°, Ridge gets about 142% of the winter sun that flat ground at Maverick Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Maverick Mountain. Its top sits at 8,420 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.

Ridge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ridge 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.