Black diamond Granite Peak, WI
Idle Wild drops 239 vertical feet over 820 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 320 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 59 named runs at Granite Peak. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Idle Wild gets about 60% of the winter sun that flat ground at Granite Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Granite Peak. Its top sits at 1,710 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.