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Ore Chute

Double black Whitecap Mountains, WI

Steepest pitch37°
Vertical207 ft
Length583 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesSE
Top1,706 ft

Ore Chute drops 207 vertical feet over 583 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 48 named runs at Whitecap Mountains. It faces southeast.

How well Ore Chute holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 21°, Ore Chute gets about 121% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitecap Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Whitecap Mountains. Its top sits at 1,710 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.

Ore Chute profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ore Chute 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.