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Cyclops

Black diamond Devils Head, WI

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical488 ft
Length2,771 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesS
Top1,417 ft

Cyclops drops 488 vertical feet over 2,771 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 60 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 19 named runs at Devils Head. It faces south.

How well Cyclops holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 10°, Cyclops gets about 123% of the winter sun that flat ground at Devils Head does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Devils Head. Its top sits at 1,420 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.

Cyclops profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cyclops 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.