Black diamond Lutsen Mountains, MN
Cliff Run drops 268 vertical feet over 792 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 20°, Cliff Run gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,660 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.