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Thunder

Blue Boyne Mountain, MI

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical159 ft
Length780 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top941 ft

Thunder drops 159 vertical feet over 780 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 61 named runs at Boyne Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Thunder holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Thunder gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Boyne Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Boyne Mountain. Its top sits at 940 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.

Thunder profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Thunder 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.