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Hogan's

Blue Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical577 ft
Length1,719 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesS
Top5,833 ft

Hogan's drops 577 vertical feet over 1,719 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 1,390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 57th steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces south.

How well Hogan's holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 20°, Hogan's gets about 152% 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 8th sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 5,830 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.

Hogan's profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hogan's 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.