Black diamond Red Lodge, MT
Upper Continental drops 992 vertical feet over 2,908 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 1,210 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 54 named runs at Red Lodge. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 20°, Upper Continental gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red Lodge does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th shadiest named run at Red Lodge. Its top sits at 9,290 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.
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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.