Blue Giants Ridge, MN
Olympic Valley drops 154 vertical feet over 793 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 550 feet below the top. That's steeper than 56% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 35 named runs at Giants Ridge. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 11°, Olympic Valley gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Giants Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th 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.