Black diamond Whitecap Mountains, WI
Garmisch drops 304 vertical feet over 1,589 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,080 feet below the top. That's steeper than 12% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 48 named runs at Whitecap Mountains. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 11°, Garmisch gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitecap Mountains does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Whitecap Mountains. Its top sits at 1,770 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.