Black diamond Granite Peak, WI
Mission Ridge drops 452 vertical feet over 2,153 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 30% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 59 named runs at Granite Peak. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Mission Ridge gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Granite Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th shadiest named run at Granite Peak. Its top sits at 1,740 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.