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Slingshot

Black diamond Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical397 ft
Length1,054 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesSE
Top6,630 ft

Slingshot drops 397 vertical feet over 1,054 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 40th steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces southeast.

How well Slingshot holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 22°, Slingshot gets about 161% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 6,630 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.

Slingshot profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Slingshot 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.