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Erisco

Blue Showdown, MT

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical297 ft
Length1,139 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesE
Top7,547 ft

Erisco drops 297 vertical feet over 1,139 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 34 named runs at Showdown. It faces east.

How well Erisco holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 15°, Erisco gets about 108% 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 19th sunniest named run at Showdown. Its top sits at 7,550 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.

Erisco profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Erisco 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.