Double black Lutsen Mountains, MN
Lift Line drops 80 vertical feet over 435 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 410 feet below the top. That's steeper than 3% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 64th steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 11°, Lift Line gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,510 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.