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Express

Blue Boyne Mountain, MI

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical288 ft
Length1,569 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top1,023 ft

Express drops 288 vertical feet over 1,569 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 510 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 61 named runs at Boyne Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Express holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 11°, Express gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Boyne Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Boyne Mountain. Its top sits at 1,020 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.

Express profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Express 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.