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Loon

Green Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical39 ft
Length207 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSE
Top1,621 ft

Loon drops 39 vertical feet over 207 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 110 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 84th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Loon holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 11°, Loon gets about 123% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 1,620 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.

Loon profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Loon 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.