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Chipmonk

Green Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical197 ft
Length1,199 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesS
Top4,673 ft

Chipmonk drops 197 vertical feet over 1,199 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 96th steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces south.

How well Chipmonk holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 10°, Chipmonk gets about 124% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 59th sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 4,670 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.

Chipmonk profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Chipmonk 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.