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Black Bear

Black diamond Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical640 ft
Length2,656 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSE
Top1,290 ft

Black Bear drops 640 vertical feet over 2,656 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 360 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 68th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces southeast.

How well Black Bear holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 14°, Black Bear gets about 137% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 51st sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 1,290 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.

Black Bear profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Black Bear elsewhere

Nearby at Mount Bohemia

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.