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Wally's Way

Blue Crystal Mountain Mi, MI

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical202 ft
Length983 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesW
Top1,126 ft

Wally's Way drops 202 vertical feet over 983 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 60 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 52 named runs at Crystal Mountain Mi. It faces west.

How well Wally's Way holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 12°, Wally's Way gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain Mi does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain Mi. Its top sits at 1,130 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Wally's Way profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wally's Way 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.