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North Bowl Face

Black diamond Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch47°
Vertical470 ft
Length1,488 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesSE
Top6,684 ft

North Bowl Face drops 470 vertical feet over 1,488 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 47° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces southeast.

How well North Bowl Face holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 19°, North Bowl Face gets about 135% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 6,680 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.

North Bowl Face profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like North Bowl Face 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.