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Dante's Inferno

Blue Devils Head, WI

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical416 ft
Length3,003 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesS
Top1,376 ft

Dante's Inferno drops 416 vertical feet over 3,003 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 1,960 feet below the top. That's steeper than 6% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 19 named runs at Devils Head. It faces south.

How well Dante's Inferno holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 8°, Dante's Inferno gets about 118% of the winter sun that flat ground at Devils Head does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Devils Head. Its top sits at 1,380 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.

Dante's Inferno profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Dante's Inferno 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.