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Little Forest

Black diamond Red Lodge, MT

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical267 ft
Length779 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesN
Top7,781 ft

Little Forest drops 267 vertical feet over 779 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 410 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 54 named runs at Red Lodge. It faces north.

How well Little Forest holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 20°, Little Forest gets about 43% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red Lodge does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Red Lodge. Its top sits at 7,780 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.

Little Forest profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Little Forest 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.