Blue Crystal Mountain Mi, MI
Shirk's Slalom drops 135 vertical feet over 816 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 52 named runs at Crystal Mountain Mi. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 10°, Shirk's Slalom gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain Mi does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain Mi. Its top sits at 1,090 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.