Blue Crystal Mountain Mi, MI
Piper Pass drops 115 vertical feet over 469 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 52 named runs at Crystal Mountain Mi. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 14°, Piper Pass gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain Mi does, December through March. That's shadier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain Mi. Its top sits at 1,110 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.