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Midway

Blue Schweitzer, ID

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical868 ft
Length3,691 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top5,585 ft

Midway drops 868 vertical feet over 3,691 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 78th steepest of 98 named runs at Schweitzer. It faces east.

How well Midway holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 14°, Midway gets about 107% of the winter sun that flat ground at Schweitzer does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th sunniest named run at Schweitzer. Its top sits at 5,590 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.

Midway profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Midway 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.