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Copper Plunge

Black diamond Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical552 ft
Length1,967 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesSW
Top1,299 ft

Copper Plunge drops 552 vertical feet over 1,967 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 30% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces southwest.

How well Copper Plunge holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 17°, Copper Plunge gets about 128% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 73rd sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 1,300 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.

Copper Plunge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Copper Plunge 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.