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Lookout Loop

Blue Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical74 ft
Length1,035 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesNE
Top4,004 ft

Lookout Loop drops 74 vertical feet over 1,035 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 840 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 73rd steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Lookout Loop holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 5°, Lookout Loop gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 78th sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 4,000 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.

Lookout Loop profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lookout Loop 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.