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Comet

Double black Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical214 ft
Length898 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesS
Top868 ft

Comet drops 214 vertical feet over 898 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 95th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces south.

How well Comet holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 14°, Comet gets about 139% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 46th sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 870 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.

Comet profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Comet 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.