Blue Boyne Mountain, MI
Short Cut drops 131 vertical feet over 627 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 61 named runs at Boyne Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Short Cut gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Boyne Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Boyne Mountain. Its top sits at 1,010 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.