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Ullr Headwall

Blue Lutsen Mountains, MN

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical77 ft
Length319 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesS
Top1,334 ft

Ullr Headwall drops 77 vertical feet over 319 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 62nd steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces south.

How well Ullr Headwall holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 14°, Ullr Headwall gets about 141% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,330 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.

Ullr Headwall profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ullr Headwall 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.