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Central Avenue

Blue Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical411 ft
Length2,308 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesE
Top5,151 ft

Central Avenue drops 411 vertical feet over 2,308 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 90th steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces east.

How well Central Avenue holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 10°, Central Avenue gets about 106% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 74th sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 5,150 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.

Central Avenue profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Central Avenue 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.