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River Run

Blue Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical217 ft
Length968 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesE
Top2,048 ft

River Run drops 217 vertical feet over 968 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 58th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces east.

How well River Run holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 13°, River Run gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 2,050 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.

River Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like River Run 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.