Black diamond Giants Ridge, MN
Alta drops 135 vertical feet over 414 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 35 named runs at Giants Ridge. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 19°, Alta gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Giants Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Giants Ridge. Its top sits at 1,820 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.