Black diamond Whitecap Mountains, WI
Balzano drops 77 vertical feet over 603 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 7% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 48 named runs at Whitecap Mountains. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 7°, Balzano gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitecap Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th sunniest named run at Whitecap Mountains. Its top sits at 1,720 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.
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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.