Black diamond Granite Peak, WI
Western Frontier drops 461 vertical feet over 2,462 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 510 feet below the top. That's steeper than 46% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 59 named runs at Granite Peak. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 11°, Western Frontier gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Granite Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Granite Peak. Its top sits at 1,870 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.