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Stardust

Double black Whitecap Mountains, WI

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical115 ft
Length414 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesSE
Top1,708 ft

Stardust drops 115 vertical feet over 414 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 380 feet below the top. That's steeper than 18% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 48 named runs at Whitecap Mountains. It faces southeast.

How well Stardust holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 16°, Stardust gets about 132% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitecap Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 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.

Stardust profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Stardust 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.