Black diamond Crystal Mountain Mi, MI
Nose Dive drops 177 vertical feet over 516 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 80 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 52 named runs at Crystal Mountain Mi. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 20°, Nose Dive gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain Mi does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain Mi. Its top sits at 1,040 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.
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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.