Whitefish Mountain Resort
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| Nearest city: | Whitefish, Montana |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Top elevation: | 6,817 feet |
| Base elevation: | 4,464 feet |
| Skiable area: | 3,020 acres (12.2 km²) |
| Runs: | 93 |
| Longest run: | 3.3 miles |
| Lift system: | 10 chairs, 3 surface |
| Snowfall: | 300 inches |
| Web site: | Big Mtn.com |
Whitefish Mountain Resort is a is a ski resort located at The Big Mountain in northwestern Montana, located west of Glacier National Park in the Flathead National Forest. It is 4 miles (6.25 km) from the town of Whitefish and 21 miles (33.80 km) north of the city of Kalispell. The mountain is the second largest ski area in Montana, after Big Sky Resort.
The Big Mountain opened on December 14, 1947, with a T-bar and soon after hosted the U.S. Alpine Championships in 1949. [1]. In 2007, the resort was renamed Whitefish Mountain Resort.
The first chairlift was installed in 1960 and a second in 1968, replacing the original T-bar. The area currently has 10 chairlifts: 3 high-speed detachable quads and 7 fixed grip (2 quads, 4 triples, and 1 double). There are also three surface lifts: two T-bars and a magic carpet..
The vertical drop of the ski area is 2353 feet (717 m), with a summit elevation of 6817 ft. (2078 m) and a base of 4464 ft. (1361 m). The average annual snowfall is 300 inches (762 cm). [2]
The ski area is about 19 miles (30 km) north of Glacier Park International Airport and 35 miles (56 km) south of the Canadian border.
Olympic champion Tommy Moe learned to ski and race at the mountain, where his father was on the ski patrol; [3] they relocated to Alaska when he was a teenager and the mountain dismissed him from the team. Moe won the gold medal in the Downhill [4] and silver in the Super-G [5] at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
The new operators of "Whitefish Mountain Resort" received intense criticism last winter when they cut the days short by by closing the lifts each afternoon earlier than posted. The official website now claims that the operating times for next winter are "pending". [6]
Winter season passes will not be honored by the Whitefish Mountain Resort this summer. [7]
The mountain hosted the U.S. Alpine Championships in 2001. [8]
[edit] External links
- Ski Whitefish.com - official site
- Big Mtn.info - unofficial site
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