Black diamond Granite Peak, WI
Hawks Ridge drops 70 vertical feet over 507 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 420 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 59 named runs at Granite Peak. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 8°, Hawks Ridge gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Granite Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th 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.