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Snowboard

Black diamond Whitecap Mountains, WI

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical120 ft
Length580 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSE
Top1,773 ft

Snowboard drops 120 vertical feet over 580 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 3% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 48 named runs at Whitecap Mountains. It faces southeast.

How well Snowboard holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 12°, Snowboard gets about 129% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitecap Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th 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.

Snowboard profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Snowboard 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.