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Roundhouse

Black diamond Showdown, MT

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical106 ft
Length544 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesS
Top7,397 ft

Roundhouse drops 106 vertical feet over 544 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 510 feet below the top. That's steeper than 7% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 34 named runs at Showdown. It faces south.

How well Roundhouse holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 11°, Roundhouse gets about 135% of the winter sun that flat ground at Showdown does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Showdown. Its top sits at 7,400 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.

Roundhouse profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Roundhouse 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.