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Caribou

Blue Lutsen Mountains, MN

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical766 ft
Length3,854 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSE
Top1,670 ft

Caribou drops 766 vertical feet over 3,854 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 3,420 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces southeast.

How well Caribou holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 12°, Caribou gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 51st sunniest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,670 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.

Caribou profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Caribou elsewhere

Nearby at Lutsen Mountains

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.