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Starfish

Blue Schweitzer, ID

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical374 ft
Length1,423 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesE
Top5,309 ft

Starfish drops 374 vertical feet over 1,423 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 77% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 65th steepest of 98 named runs at Schweitzer. It faces east.

How well Starfish holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 15°, Starfish gets about 115% of the winter sun that flat ground at Schweitzer does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th sunniest named run at Schweitzer. Its top sits at 5,310 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.

Starfish profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Starfish 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.