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Blazer's Bluff

Black diamond Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical244 ft
Length792 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesNE
Top2,978 ft

Blazer's Bluff drops 244 vertical feet over 792 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Blazer's Bluff holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 18°, Blazer's Bluff gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 80th sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 2,980 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Blazer's Bluff profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Blazer's Bluff elsewhere

Nearby at Whiteface Mountain

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.