Black diamond Whitecap Mountains, WI
Schwartzwald drops 260 vertical feet over 1,467 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 600 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 48 named runs at Whitecap Mountains. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 10°, Schwartzwald gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitecap Mountains does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Whitecap Mountains. Its top sits at 1,710 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.