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Expressway

Blue Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical927 ft
Length6,537 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesS
Top5,403 ft

Expressway drops 927 vertical feet over 6,537 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 92nd steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces south.

How well Expressway holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 8°, Expressway gets about 132% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 5,400 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.

Expressway profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Expressway 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.