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Lonesome Whistle Upper

Green Winter Park, CO

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical381 ft
Length2,967 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNW
Top11,084 ft

Lonesome Whistle Upper drops 381 vertical feet over 2,967 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 152nd steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces northwest.

How well Lonesome Whistle Upper holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 7°, Lonesome Whistle Upper gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 54th sunniest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 11,080 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 Upper profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.