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Gandalf

Double black Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical93 ft
Length375 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSE
Top888 ft

Gandalf drops 93 vertical feet over 375 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 7% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 76th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces southeast.

How well Gandalf holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 15°, Gandalf gets about 134% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 57th sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 890 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.

Gandalf profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gandalf 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.