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Moose

Blue Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical608 ft
Length2,490 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesS
Top6,407 ft

Moose drops 608 vertical feet over 2,490 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 810 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 55th steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces south.

How well Moose holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 15°, Moose gets about 139% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 6,410 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.

Moose profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Moose 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.