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Edelweiss

Blue Whitecap Mountains, WI

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical198 ft
Length1,090 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesE
Top1,773 ft

Edelweiss drops 198 vertical feet over 1,090 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 48 named runs at Whitecap Mountains. It faces east.

How well Edelweiss holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 11°, Edelweiss gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitecap Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Whitecap Mountains. Its top sits at 1,770 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.

Edelweiss profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Edelweiss 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.