Blue Big Powderhorn, MI
Caribou drops 270 vertical feet over 1,300 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 45 named runs at Big Powderhorn. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Caribou gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Powderhorn does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Big Powderhorn. Its top sits at 1,520 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.