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Dipsey Doodle

Blue Lutsen Mountains, MN

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical139 ft
Length1,021 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesSE
Top1,628 ft

Dipsey Doodle drops 139 vertical feet over 1,021 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 7% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 80th steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces southeast.

How well Dipsey Doodle holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 8°, Dipsey Doodle gets about 126% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th sunniest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,630 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.

Dipsey Doodle profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Dipsey Doodle 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.