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Lower Gap

Blue Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical132 ft
Length639 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesE
Top1,889 ft

Lower Gap drops 132 vertical feet over 639 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 56th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces east.

How well Lower Gap holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 12°, Lower Gap gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 76th sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 1,890 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.

Lower Gap profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Gap 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.