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Blasting Cap

Double black Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical209 ft
Length656 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesSW
Top1,382 ft

Blasting Cap drops 209 vertical feet over 656 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces southwest.

How well Blasting Cap holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 19°, Blasting Cap gets about 145% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 1,380 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.

Blasting Cap profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Blasting Cap 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.