Blue Giants Ridge, MN
Insbruck Race drops 118 vertical feet over 610 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 13% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 35 named runs at Giants Ridge. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 11°, Insbruck Race gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Giants Ridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Giants Ridge. Its top sits at 1,540 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.