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Red Fox

Double black Lutsen Mountains, MN

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical163 ft
Length513 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesSE
Top1,500 ft

Red Fox drops 163 vertical feet over 513 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 380 feet below the top. That's steeper than 8% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces southeast.

How well Red Fox holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 19°, Red Fox gets about 123% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 35th sunniest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,500 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.

Red Fox profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.