Black diamond Crystal Mountain Mi, MI
Buck drops 293 vertical feet over 1,193 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 650 feet below the top. That's steeper than 12% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 52 named runs at Crystal Mountain Mi. It faces southeast.
Facing southeast at an average 14°, Buck gets about 114% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain Mi does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain Mi. Its top sits at 1,090 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.