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Courcevel Switchback

Green Whitecap Mountains, WI

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical120 ft
Length688 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesS
Top1,649 ft

Courcevel Switchback drops 120 vertical feet over 688 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 48 named runs at Whitecap Mountains. It faces south.

How well Courcevel Switchback holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 10°, Courcevel Switchback gets about 128% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitecap Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Whitecap Mountains. Its top sits at 1,650 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.

Courcevel Switchback profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Courcevel Switchback 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.