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Dandy's Delight

Blue Crystal Mountain Mi, MI

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical131 ft
Length594 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSW
Top1,115 ft

Dandy's Delight drops 131 vertical feet over 594 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 340 feet below the top. That's steeper than 30% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 52 named runs at Crystal Mountain Mi. It faces southwest.

How well Dandy's Delight holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 13°, Dandy's Delight gets about 114% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain Mi does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain Mi. Its top sits at 1,110 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.

Dandy's Delight profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Dandy's Delight 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.