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South Pole Slide

Green Whitecap Mountains, WI

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical105 ft
Length1,697 ft
Average pitch4°
FacesSE
Top1,567 ft

South Pole Slide drops 105 vertical feet over 1,697 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 230 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 41st steepest of 48 named runs at Whitecap Mountains. It faces southeast.

How well South Pole Slide holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 4°, South Pole Slide gets about 113% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitecap Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th sunniest named run at Whitecap Mountains. Its top sits at 1,570 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.

South Pole Slide profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like South Pole Slide 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.