Blue Whiteface Mountain, NY
Empire Cut drops 91 vertical feet over 605 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 13% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 74th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 9°, Empire Cut gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 2,850 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.