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Moose Cut

Green Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch7°
Vertical28 ft
Length304 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesSE
Top1,483 ft

Moose Cut drops 28 vertical feet over 304 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 7° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 9% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 90th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Moose Cut holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 6°, Moose Cut gets about 115% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 1,480 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.

Moose Cut profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Moose Cut 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.