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Penny Lane

Blue Crystal Mountain Mi, MI

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical119 ft
Length940 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesW
Top1,071 ft

Penny Lane drops 119 vertical feet over 940 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 52 named runs at Crystal Mountain Mi. It faces west.

How well Penny Lane holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 7°, Penny Lane gets about 105% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain Mi does, December through March. That's sunnier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain Mi. Its top sits at 1,070 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.

Penny Lane profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Penny Lane 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.