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Bigfoot

Black diamond Red Lodge, MT

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical251 ft
Length775 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesNE
Top7,923 ft

Bigfoot drops 251 vertical feet over 775 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 360 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 54 named runs at Red Lodge. It faces northeast.

How well Bigfoot holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 19°, Bigfoot gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red Lodge does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th shadiest named run at Red Lodge. Its top sits at 7,920 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Bigfoot profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bigfoot elsewhere

Nearby at Red Lodge

Measured by ZRankings from USGS lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). 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.