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Inspiration

Blue Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical2,278 ft
Length9,658 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesS
Top6,753 ft

Inspiration drops 2,278 vertical feet over 9,658 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 4,760 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 50th steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces south.

How well Inspiration holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 14°, Inspiration gets about 131% 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 48th sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 6,750 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.

Inspiration profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Inspiration 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.