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East Rim

Double black Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical367 ft
Length1,091 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesSE
Top6,388 ft

East Rim drops 367 vertical feet over 1,091 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 880 feet below the top. That's steeper than 46% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces southeast.

How well East Rim holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 20°, East Rim gets about 148% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 6,390 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.

East Rim profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like East Rim 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.