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NBC

Double black Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch43°
Vertical560 ft
Length1,088 ft
Average pitch32°
FacesE
Top6,510 ft

NBC drops 560 vertical feet over 1,088 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces east.

How well NBC holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 32°, NBC gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 66th sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 6,510 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.

NBC profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like NBC 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.