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Dagger

Double black Whitecap Mountains, WI

Steepest pitch35°
Vertical106 ft
Length397 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesSE
Top1,619 ft

Dagger drops 106 vertical feet over 397 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 48 named runs at Whitecap Mountains. It faces southeast.

How well Dagger holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 16°, Dagger gets about 126% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitecap Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Whitecap Mountains. Its top sits at 1,620 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.

Dagger profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Dagger 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.