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Upper Bull Run

Blue Lutsen Mountains, MN

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical327 ft
Length1,423 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSE
Top1,553 ft

Upper Bull Run drops 327 vertical feet over 1,423 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 87 named runs at Lutsen Mountains. It faces southeast.

How well Upper Bull Run holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 13°, Upper Bull Run gets about 124% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lutsen Mountains does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th sunniest named run at Lutsen Mountains. Its top sits at 1,550 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.

Upper Bull Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Bull Run 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.