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Sandi's

Black diamond Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical328 ft
Length890 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesSE
Top5,878 ft

Sandi's drops 328 vertical feet over 890 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 56% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces southeast.

How well Sandi's holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 22°, Sandi's gets about 149% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 5,880 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.

Sandi's profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sandi's 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.