Black diamond Red Lodge, MT
Thompson's drops 1,028 vertical feet over 3,015 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 2,070 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 54 named runs at Red Lodge. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 20°, Thompson's gets about 58% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red Lodge does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Red Lodge. Its top sits at 9,330 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.