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Blackbeard

Double black Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical33 ft
Length331 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNW
Top1,452 ft

Blackbeard drops 33 vertical feet over 331 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 7% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 80th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces northwest.

How well Blackbeard holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing northwest at an average 9°, Blackbeard gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 108th sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 1,450 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.

Blackbeard profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Blackbeard 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.