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Calamity Lane

Blue Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical112 ft
Length522 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top2,214 ft

Calamity Lane drops 112 vertical feet over 522 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 60th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Calamity Lane holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Calamity Lane gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 2,210 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.

Calamity Lane profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Calamity Lane 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.