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Caribou

Green Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical792 ft
Length6,087 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesNE
Top6,440 ft

Caribou drops 792 vertical feet over 6,087 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 5,750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 97th steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces northeast.

How well Caribou holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 8°, Caribou gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 82nd sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 6,440 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.

Caribou profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Caribou 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.