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Upper Langley

Black diamond Whitefish, MT

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical516 ft
Length1,690 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesSW
Top6,420 ft

Upper Langley drops 516 vertical feet over 1,690 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 51st steepest of 107 named runs at Whitefish. It faces southwest.

How well Upper Langley holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 18°, Upper Langley gets about 142% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitefish does, December through March. That's sunnier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th sunniest named run at Whitefish. Its top sits at 6,420 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.

Upper Langley profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Langley 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.