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Silver Birch

Blue Granite Peak, WI

Steepest pitch10°
Vertical111 ft
Length1,078 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesN
Top1,385 ft

Silver Birch drops 111 vertical feet over 1,078 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 10° about 40 feet below the top. That's steeper than 3% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 54th steepest of 59 named runs at Granite Peak. It faces north.

How well Silver Birch holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 6°, Silver Birch gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Granite Peak does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Granite Peak. Its top sits at 1,380 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Silver Birch profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Silver Birch elsewhere

Nearby at Granite Peak

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.