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Hancock

Blue Red Lodge, MT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical451 ft
Length1,916 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesNE
Top8,293 ft

Hancock drops 451 vertical feet over 1,916 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 500 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 54 named runs at Red Lodge. It faces northeast.

How well Hancock holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 14°, Hancock gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red Lodge does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th shadiest named run at Red Lodge. Its top sits at 8,290 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.

Hancock profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hancock 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.