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Tony's Tango

Blue Lutsen Mountains, MN

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical168 ft
Length1,121 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesSE
Top1,515 ft

Tony's Tango drops 168 vertical feet over 1,121 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces southeast.

How well Tony's Tango holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 9°, Tony's Tango gets about 119% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 48th sunniest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,520 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.

Tony's Tango profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Tony's Tango elsewhere

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.