Blue Giants Ridge, MN
Rocky Top drops 312 vertical feet over 1,749 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 510 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 35 named runs at Giants Ridge. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 10°, Rocky Top gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Giants Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Giants Ridge. Its top sits at 1,820 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.