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Cutoff

Blue Crystal Mountain Mi, MI

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical145 ft
Length726 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top1,028 ft

Cutoff drops 145 vertical feet over 726 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 610 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 52 named runs at Crystal Mountain Mi. It faces northeast.

How well Cutoff holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Cutoff gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain Mi does, December through March. That's shadier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain Mi. Its top sits at 1,030 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.

Cutoff profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cutoff elsewhere

Nearby at Crystal Mountain Mi

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.