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Slalom

Blue Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical580 ft
Length1,970 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesSE
Top5,335 ft

Slalom drops 580 vertical feet over 1,970 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 830 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 58th steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces southeast.

How well Slalom holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 17°, Slalom gets about 132% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 5,330 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.

Slalom profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Slalom 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.