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Lonesome Whistle Lower

Blue Winter Park, CO

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical638 ft
Length4,712 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesN
Top10,444 ft

Lonesome Whistle Lower drops 638 vertical feet over 4,712 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 860 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 138th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces north.

How well Lonesome Whistle Lower holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 8°, Lonesome Whistle Lower gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 60th sunniest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 10,440 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.

Lonesome Whistle Lower profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lonesome Whistle Lower elsewhere

Nearby at Winter Park

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.