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Wolf

Black diamond Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical264 ft
Length1,838 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesSE
Top1,556 ft

Wolf drops 264 vertical feet over 1,838 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 650 feet below the top. That's steeper than 1% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 82nd steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Wolf holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 8°, Wolf gets about 113% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 1,560 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.

Wolf profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wolf 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.