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Pritchard's Pass

Green Boyne Mountain, MI

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical47 ft
Length300 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesSE
Top1,003 ft

Pritchard's Pass drops 47 vertical feet over 300 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 40 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 61 named runs at Boyne Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Pritchard's Pass holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 9°, Pritchard's Pass gets about 114% of the winter sun that flat ground at Boyne Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Boyne Mountain. Its top sits at 1,000 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Pritchard's Pass profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Pritchard's Pass 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.