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Cloudspin

Black diamond Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical743 ft
Length2,033 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesE
Top4,204 ft

Cloudspin drops 743 vertical feet over 2,033 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces east.

How well Cloudspin holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 22°, Cloudspin gets about 106% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 47th sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 4,200 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.

Cloudspin profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cloudspin 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.