Blue Granite Peak, WI
Red Quartz drops 170 vertical feet over 1,058 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 59 named runs at Granite Peak. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 9°, Red Quartz gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Granite Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd shadiest named run at Granite Peak. Its top sits at 1,580 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.