Double black Lutsen Mountains, MN
The Plunge drops 309 vertical feet over 1,270 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 41° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 73% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 15°, The Plunge gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's shadier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,670 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.