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Moose Meadows

Blue Lutsen Mountains, MN

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical331 ft
Length1,499 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSE
Top1,655 ft

Moose Meadows drops 331 vertical feet over 1,499 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces southeast.

How well Moose Meadows holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 13°, Moose Meadows gets about 131% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,650 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.

Moose Meadows profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Moose Meadows 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.