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Otter

Green Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical231 ft
Length1,704 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesE
Top1,611 ft

Otter drops 231 vertical feet over 1,704 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 950 feet below the top. That's steeper than 39% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 79th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces east.

How well Otter holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 8°, Otter gets about 107% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 1,610 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.

Otter profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Otter 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.