Green Giants Ridge, MN
Sunshine drops 193 vertical feet over 1,229 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 35 named runs at Giants Ridge. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 9°, Sunshine gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Giants Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Giants Ridge. Its top sits at 1,690 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.