Black diamond Boyne Mountain, MI
Black Diamond Rush drops 233 vertical feet over 1,270 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 61 named runs at Boyne Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 11°, Black Diamond Rush gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Boyne Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Boyne Mountain. Its top sits at 990 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.