Blue Granite Peak, WI
Top Notch drops 226 vertical feet over 1,285 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 1,250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 59 named runs at Granite Peak. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 10°, Top Notch gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Granite Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Granite Peak. Its top sits at 1,880 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.