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Trapper's Trail

Blue Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical209 ft
Length1,090 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesS
Top6,539 ft

Trapper's Trail drops 209 vertical feet over 1,090 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 830 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 83rd steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces south.

How well Trapper's Trail holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 11°, Trapper's Trail gets about 130% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 49th sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 6,540 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.

Trapper's Trail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Trapper's Trail 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.