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Cathedral Aisle

Blue Schweitzer, ID

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical1,504 ft
Length5,712 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesN
Top5,514 ft

Cathedral Aisle drops 1,504 vertical feet over 5,712 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 73% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 67th steepest of 98 named runs at Schweitzer. It faces north.

How well Cathedral Aisle holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 15°, Cathedral Aisle gets about 56% of the winter sun that flat ground at Schweitzer does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Schweitzer. Its top sits at 5,510 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Cathedral Aisle profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cathedral Aisle elsewhere

Nearby at Schweitzer

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.