Black diamond Lutsen Mountains, MN
Caroline's Challenge drops 291 vertical feet over 862 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 20°, Caroline's Challenge gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,600 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.
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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.