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Wolf Run

Black diamond Whiteface Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical83 ft
Length572 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesSE
Top1,481 ft

Wolf Run drops 83 vertical feet over 572 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 360 feet below the top. That's steeper than 1% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 83rd steepest of 90 named runs at Whiteface Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Wolf Run holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 9°, Wolf Run gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whiteface Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th sunniest named run at Whiteface Mountain. Its top sits at 1,480 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 Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wolf 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.