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Caribou Cut-Across

Green Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical70 ft
Length1,225 ft
Average pitch4°
FacesNW
Top6,113 ft

Caribou Cut-Across drops 70 vertical feet over 1,225 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 105th steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces northwest.

How well Caribou Cut-Across holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 4°, Caribou Cut-Across gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 83rd sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 6,110 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 Cut-Across profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Caribou Cut-Across 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.