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Lodge Trail

Black diamond Red Lodge, MT

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical478 ft
Length1,824 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesNE
Top7,895 ft

Lodge Trail drops 478 vertical feet over 1,824 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 1,590 feet below the top. That's steeper than 56% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 54 named runs at Red Lodge. It faces northeast.

How well Lodge Trail holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 15°, Lodge Trail gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red Lodge does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st shadiest named run at Red Lodge. Its top sits at 7,890 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.

Lodge Trail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lodge Trail 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.