Pulse Pounder

Minnesota

Minnesota

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0.3 mi

Distance

62 ft

Gain

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What we do know

  • Inside Superior National Forest

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

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  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

  • Outside any avalanche forecast zone

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Elevation & route

Distance
0.3 mi
Elevation gain
82 ft
Elevation loss
82 ft
Highest point
1,315 ft
Lowest point
1,243 ft

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About this route

Pulse Pounder is a short out-and-back ski trail in Michigan covering 0.28 miles with 94 feet of elevation gain.

Facts about this route

The climb

Starts at
1,250 ft
High point
1,315 ft
Total climbing
82 ft
Total descent
82 ft
Steepest stretch
8% grade around mile 0.2 on the way out
Length (round trip)
0.6 mi
Shape
Out and back

Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Source: USFS EDW boundaries

Conditions

Active alerts for Superior National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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