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Tom Cat

Blue Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical51 ft
Length317 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesE
Top1,874 ft

Tom Cat drops 51 vertical feet over 317 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces east.

How well Tom Cat holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 11°, Tom Cat gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 69th sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 1,870 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Tom Cat profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Tom Cat 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.