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Cariboo

Blue Red Lodge, MT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical293 ft
Length1,124 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesN
Top8,245 ft

Cariboo drops 293 vertical feet over 1,124 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 41st steepest of 54 named runs at Red Lodge. It faces north.

How well Cariboo holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 15°, Cariboo gets about 57% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red Lodge does, December through March. That's shadier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st shadiest named run at Red Lodge. Its top sits at 8,250 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.

Cariboo profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cariboo 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.