Black diamond Granite Peak, WI
Elk Run drops 366 vertical feet over 1,780 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 910 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 59 named runs at Granite Peak. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Elk Run gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Granite Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Granite Peak. 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.