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East Rim Face

Black diamond Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical382 ft
Length1,857 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSW
Top6,572 ft

East Rim Face drops 382 vertical feet over 1,857 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 33rd steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces southwest.

How well East Rim Face holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 12°, East Rim Face gets about 130% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 50th sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 6,570 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 Face profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like East Rim Face 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.