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Lower Stiles

Blue Schweitzer, ID

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical343 ft
Length1,246 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesE
Top5,060 ft

Lower Stiles drops 343 vertical feet over 1,246 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 410 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 79th steepest of 98 named runs at Schweitzer. It faces east.

How well Lower Stiles holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 16°, Lower Stiles gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Schweitzer does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th sunniest named run at Schweitzer. Its top sits at 5,060 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.

Lower Stiles profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Stiles 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.