Blue Showdown, MT
The George drops 885 vertical feet over 3,756 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 34 named runs at Showdown. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 14°, The George gets about 103% of the winter sun that flat ground at Showdown does, December through March. That's sunnier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd sunniest named run at Showdown. Its top sits at 8,060 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.