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Hoyt's High

Black diamond Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical1,566 ft
Length4,574 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesSE
Top4,007 ft

Hoyt's High drops 1,566 vertical feet over 4,574 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 3,070 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Hoyt's High holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 20°, Hoyt's High gets about 127% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 4,010 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.

Hoyt's High profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hoyt's High 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.