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Bumbling Bee

Double black (off-piste) Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical239 ft
Length634 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesS
Top884 ft

Bumbling Bee drops 239 vertical feet over 634 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 46th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces south.

How well Bumbling Bee holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 22°, Bumbling Bee gets about 161% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 880 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.

Bumbling Bee profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bumbling Bee 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.