Black diamond Boyne Mountain, MI
Hemlock drops 406 vertical feet over 1,561 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 530 feet below the top. That's steeper than 19% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 61 named runs at Boyne Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, Hemlock gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Boyne Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Boyne Mountain. Its top sits at 1,150 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.