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Short but Sweet

Blue Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical418 ft
Length1,219 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesW
Top5,985 ft

Short but Sweet drops 418 vertical feet over 1,219 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 1,020 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces west.

How well Short but Sweet holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing west at an average 21°, Short but Sweet gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 86th sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 5,990 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Short but Sweet profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Short but Sweet 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.