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Barndance

Green Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical194 ft
Length2,712 ft
Average pitch4°
FacesS
Top4,683 ft

Barndance drops 194 vertical feet over 2,712 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 103rd steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces south.

How well Barndance holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 4°, Barndance gets about 125% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 56th sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 4,680 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.

Barndance profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Barndance elsewhere

Nearby at Whitefish

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.