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Russ's Street

Blue Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical1,927 ft
Length14,978 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesS
Top6,612 ft

Russ's Street drops 1,927 vertical feet over 14,978 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 7,400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 88th steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces south.

How well Russ's Street holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 8°, Russ's Street gets about 125% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 57th sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 6,610 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.

Russ's Street profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Russ's Street 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.