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Cortina

Blue Whitecap Mountains, WI

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical120 ft
Length719 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNW
Top1,708 ft

Cortina drops 120 vertical feet over 719 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 700 feet below the top. That's steeper than 13% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 48 named runs at Whitecap Mountains. It faces northwest.

How well Cortina holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 10°, Cortina gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitecap Mountains does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Whitecap Mountains. Its top sits at 1,710 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.

Cortina profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cortina elsewhere

Nearby at Whitecap Mountains

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.