Welcome to the lovely little town of Whitefish, Montana.
How sweet is this little city? It’s full of great local restaurants and shops and parks and people. And, oh yeah, a big ole mountain to ski on. Now I’ve seen a lot of great ski towns but here is the big difference between Whitefish and other towns. Elevation! Ya know that horrible feeling you have the first few days you are in Colorado? You can’t breathe, you get a headache – just a general crummy malaise.
Welp, in Whitefish there’s no such thing as altitude sickness. Let’s take a little look see at these other elevations of popular ski towns:
Aspen: 7,945 feet
Vail: 8, 150 feet
Breckenridge: 9, 600 feet
Oh, Breck…Your amazing crepes just aren’t worth your headaches.
Park City: 7,000 feet
Winter Park: 8,800 feet
Snowmass: 8,104 feet
The best place to ski ever but even Snowmass has elevation issues.
AND….
Whitefish, Montana: 3,028
Yep, three thousand twenty eight measly feet. No altitude sickness, no problem. I mean, how cool is it to be able to ski somewhere that doesn’t make you physically ill every time you visit.
Welcome to Whitefish, indeed.
Here’s the problem though…These incredible snow ghosts that are found on Whitefish Mountain?
They’re caused by near constant fog cover. And if you’ve ever skied in the fog you know it’s not that great. I was hoping that the fog was just a December anomaly but after seeing lots of t-shirts that said things like ‘Ski the Fog’ I’m afraid it might just be there to say. So…not so great. Oooh! Oooh! Ya know what I saw on the mountain that was great? This dude’s t-shirt:
I mean…this character is probably trying to be crass but something about this t-shirt kind of gets me.
I would cuddle you so hard…Whitefish, I would cuddle YOU so hard!