Black diamond Boyne Mountain, MI
Shepherd's Glade drops 187 vertical feet over 808 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 57% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 61 named runs at Boyne Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 14°, Shepherd's Glade gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Boyne Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Boyne Mountain. Its top sits at 1,140 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.
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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.