Double black Red Lodge, MT
Drainage drops 1,580 vertical feet over 4,446 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 2,090 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 54 named runs at Red Lodge. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Drainage gets about 56% 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 20th shadiest named run at Red Lodge. Its top sits at 9,340 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.
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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.