Blue Big Powderhorn, MI
Lower Smoke drops 196 vertical feet over 851 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 30% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 45 named runs at Big Powderhorn. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 13°, Lower Smoke gets about 58% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Powderhorn does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Big Powderhorn. Its top sits at 1,440 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.