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Short Shot

Blue Lutsen Mountains, MN

Steepest pitch9°
Vertical31 ft
Length310 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesSW
Top1,149 ft

Short Shot drops 31 vertical feet over 310 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 9° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 2% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 84th steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces southwest.

How well Short Shot holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 6°, Short Shot gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 64th sunniest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,150 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.

Short Shot profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.