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Copper Vein

Black diamond Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical177 ft
Length514 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesSW
Top1,394 ft

Copper Vein drops 177 vertical feet over 514 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 50th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces southwest.

How well Copper Vein holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 20°, Copper Vein gets about 131% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 65th sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 1,390 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 Vein profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Copper Vein 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.