Black diamond Granite Peak, WI
High Traverse drops 109 vertical feet over 340 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 59 named runs at Granite Peak. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 19°, High Traverse gets about 56% of the winter sun that flat ground at Granite Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Granite Peak. Its top sits at 1,610 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.