Blue Granite Peak, WI
Gem Stone drops 145 vertical feet over 965 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 4% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 47th steepest of 59 named runs at Granite Peak. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 9°, Gem Stone gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Granite Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 35th shadiest named run at Granite Peak. Its top sits at 1,560 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.