Blue Showdown, MT
Quicksilver Lower drops 626 vertical feet over 3,108 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 20 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 34 named runs at Showdown. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 12°, Quicksilver Lower gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Showdown does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Showdown. Its top sits at 7,940 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.