Black diamond Granite Peak, WI
Bob Cat drops 51 vertical feet over 173 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 60 feet below the top. That's steeper than 12% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 59 named runs at Granite Peak. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 17°, Bob Cat gets about 39% of the winter sun that flat ground at Granite Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Granite Peak. Its top sits at 1,810 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.