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Lake View

Blue Crystal Mountain Mi, MI

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical133 ft
Length754 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSW
Top1,057 ft

Lake View drops 133 vertical feet over 754 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 10% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 37th steepest of 52 named runs at Crystal Mountain Mi. It faces southwest.

How well Lake View holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 10°, Lake View gets about 113% 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 17th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain Mi. Its top sits at 1,060 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.

Lake View profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lake View 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.