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Last Chance

Green Crystal Mountain Mi, MI

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical177 ft
Length1,189 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesSW
Top1,101 ft

Last Chance drops 177 vertical feet over 1,189 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 65% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 52 named runs at Crystal Mountain Mi. It faces southwest.

How well Last Chance holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southwest at an average 9°, Last Chance gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain Mi does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain Mi. Its top sits at 1,100 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.

Last Chance profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Last Chance 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.