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Coyote

Blue Lutsen Mountains, MN

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical324 ft
Length2,276 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesSE
Top1,244 ft

Coyote drops 324 vertical feet over 2,276 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 2,160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces southeast.

How well Coyote holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 8°, Coyote gets about 114% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 56th sunniest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,240 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.

Coyote profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Coyote 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.