Blue Giants Ridge, MN
Sochi drops 96 vertical feet over 356 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 35 named runs at Giants Ridge. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 16°, Sochi gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Giants Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Giants Ridge. Its top sits at 1,790 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.