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Huggy Bear Hollow

Blue Crystal Mountain Mi, MI

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical77 ft
Length376 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesS
Top1,010 ft

Huggy Bear Hollow drops 77 vertical feet over 376 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 52 named runs at Crystal Mountain Mi. It faces south.

How well Huggy Bear Hollow holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 12°, Huggy Bear Hollow gets about 127% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain Mi does, December through March. That's sunnier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain Mi. Its top sits at 1,010 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.

Huggy Bear Hollow profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Huggy Bear Hollow 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.