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Cirque

Green Devils Head, WI

Steepest pitch9°
Vertical177 ft
Length1,506 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesSW
Top1,277 ft

Cirque drops 177 vertical feet over 1,506 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 9° about 1,100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 19 named runs at Devils Head. It faces southwest.

How well Cirque holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southwest at an average 7°, Cirque gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Devils Head does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th sunniest named run at Devils Head. Its top sits at 1,280 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.

Cirque profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cirque elsewhere

Nearby at Devils Head

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.