Green Giants Ridge, MN
Valdisere drops 156 vertical feet over 1,075 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 35 named runs at Giants Ridge. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 8°, Valdisere gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Giants Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Giants Ridge. Its top sits at 1,670 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.