Green Giants Ridge, MN
Melbourne drops 382 vertical feet over 2,520 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 700 feet below the top. That's steeper than 57% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 35 named runs at Giants Ridge. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 9°, Melbourne gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Giants Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Giants Ridge. Its top sits at 1,840 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.