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Thor

Black diamond Crystal Mountain Mi, MI

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical249 ft
Length961 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSE
Top1,044 ft

Thor drops 249 vertical feet over 961 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 52 named runs at Crystal Mountain Mi. It faces southeast.

How well Thor holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 15°, Thor gets about 124% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain Mi does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain Mi. Its top sits at 1,040 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.

Thor profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Thor 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.