Black diamond Red Lodge, MT
Widow Maker drops 323 vertical feet over 823 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 54 named runs at Red Lodge. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 24°, Widow Maker gets about 42% of the winter sun that flat ground at Red Lodge does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Red Lodge. Its top sits at 8,380 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 1-meter USGS lidar. 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.