Black diamond Lutsen Mountains, MN
George's Run drops 322 vertical feet over 1,014 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 19°, George's Run gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's shadier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,650 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.