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Summit Express

Blue Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical114 ft
Length436 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesNE
Top2,749 ft

Summit Express drops 114 vertical feet over 436 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 220 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 northeast.

How well Summit Express holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 15°, Summit Express gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th shadiest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 2,750 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.

Summit Express profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Summit Express 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.