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Kunkle's Cut

Green Boyne Mountain, MI

Steepest pitch9°
Vertical135 ft
Length1,451 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesNE
Top904 ft

Kunkle's Cut drops 135 vertical feet over 1,451 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 9° about 470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 57th steepest of 61 named runs at Boyne Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Kunkle's Cut holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 5°, Kunkle's Cut gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Boyne Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th sunniest named run at Boyne Mountain. Its top sits at 900 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.

Kunkle's Cut profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Kunkle's Cut 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.