Black diamond Big Powderhorn, MI
Buckshot Park drops 45 vertical feet over 345 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 320 feet below the top. That's steeper than 1% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 37th steepest of 45 named runs at Big Powderhorn. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 8°, Buckshot Park gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Powderhorn does, December through March. That's shadier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Big Powderhorn. Its top sits at 1,370 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.