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Columbine

Blue Red Lodge, MT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical666 ft
Length3,005 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNW
Top7,921 ft

Columbine drops 666 vertical feet over 3,005 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 57% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 46th steepest of 54 named runs at Red Lodge. It faces northwest.

How well Columbine holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 13°, Columbine gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red Lodge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Red Lodge. Its top sits at 7,920 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Columbine profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Columbine 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.