Blue Giants Ridge, MN
Deer Valley drops 137 vertical feet over 731 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 25% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 35 named runs at Giants Ridge. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 11°, Deer Valley gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Giants Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Giants Ridge. Its top sits at 1,690 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.