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Be Keen

Green Boyne Mountain, MI

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical96 ft
Length829 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesNE
Top863 ft

Be Keen drops 96 vertical feet over 829 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 61 named runs at Boyne Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Be Keen holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 8°, Be Keen gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Boyne Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd sunniest named run at Boyne Mountain. Its top sits at 860 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Be Keen profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Be Keen elsewhere

Nearby at Boyne Mountain

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.