Double black Lutsen Mountains, MN
Bear's Den drops 247 vertical feet over 932 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 16°, Bear's Den gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 67th sunniest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,340 feet.
Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. 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.