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Compromise Pass

Green Showdown, MT

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical190 ft
Length1,598 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesSE
Top7,349 ft

Compromise Pass drops 190 vertical feet over 1,598 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 1,390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 34 named runs at Showdown. It faces southeast.

How well Compromise Pass holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southeast at an average 7°, Compromise Pass gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Showdown does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at Showdown. Its top sits at 7,350 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Compromise Pass profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Compromise Pass elsewhere

Nearby at Showdown

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.