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The Cauldron

Blue Devils Head, WI

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical443 ft
Length2,976 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesS
Top1,382 ft

The Cauldron drops 443 vertical feet over 2,976 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 10% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 19 named runs at Devils Head. It faces south.

How well The Cauldron holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 9°, The Cauldron gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Devils Head does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th 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.

The Cauldron profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Cauldron 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.