Black diamond Whitefish, MT
Chet's Stache drops 507 vertical feet over 1,327 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 41° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 23°, Chet's Stache gets about 54% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 6,440 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.