Double black Lutsen Mountains, MN
Split Rock drops 154 vertical feet over 521 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 17°, Split Rock gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 78th sunniest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,630 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.