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Flying Squirrel

Double black (off-piste) Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch40°
Vertical371 ft
Length896 ft
Average pitch25°
FacesSE
Top1,247 ft

Flying Squirrel drops 371 vertical feet over 896 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces southeast.

How well Flying Squirrel holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 25°, Flying Squirrel gets about 149% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 1,250 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.

Flying Squirrel profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Flying Squirrel 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.