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Slide 3

Double black Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch42°
Vertical902 ft
Length1,602 ft
Average pitch35°
FacesSE
Top4,398 ft

Slide 3 drops 902 vertical feet over 1,602 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 860 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Slide 3 holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 35°, Slide 3 gets about 133% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 4,400 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.

Slide 3 profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Slide 3 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.