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Hot Cocoa

Green Granite Peak, WI

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical227 ft
Length1,690 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesN
Top1,479 ft

Hot Cocoa drops 227 vertical feet over 1,690 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 45th steepest of 59 named runs at Granite Peak. It faces north.

How well Hot Cocoa holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 8°, Hot Cocoa gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Granite Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st shadiest named run at Granite Peak. Its top sits at 1,480 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Hot Cocoa profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hot Cocoa elsewhere

Nearby at Granite Peak

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.