Black diamond Giants Ridge, MN
Snowbasin drops 216 vertical feet over 781 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 360 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 35 named runs at Giants Ridge. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 16°, Snowbasin gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Giants Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Giants Ridge. Its top sits at 1,800 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.