Blue Whitecap Mountains, WI
Zurs drops 178 vertical feet over 1,056 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 30% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 48 named runs at Whitecap Mountains. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 10°, Zurs gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Whitecap Mountains does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th shadiest named run at Whitecap Mountains. Its top sits at 1,700 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.