Black diamond Giants Ridge, MN
Helsinki Race drops 94 vertical feet over 393 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 60 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 35 named runs at Giants Ridge. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 14°, Helsinki Race gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Giants Ridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Giants Ridge. Its top sits at 1,520 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.