Blue Lutsen Mountains, MN
Ridgeline drops 136 vertical feet over 1,936 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 9° about 1,570 feet below the top. That's steeper than 2% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 85th steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 4°, Ridgeline gets about 102% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 75th sunniest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,690 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.