Double black Boyne Mountain, MI
Nose Dive drops 198 vertical feet over 619 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 61 named runs at Boyne Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Nose Dive gets about 50% of the winter sun that flat ground at Boyne Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Boyne Mountain. Its top sits at 1,140 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.