Blue Giants Ridge, MN
Kitzbuhel drops 348 vertical feet over 1,720 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 790 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 35 named runs at Giants Ridge. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 12°, Kitzbuhel gets about 101% of the winter sun that flat ground at Giants Ridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Giants Ridge. Its top sits at 1,790 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.