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Hematite

Double black Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical201 ft
Length603 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesW
Top1,362 ft

Hematite drops 201 vertical feet over 603 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces west.

How well Hematite holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing west at an average 20°, Hematite gets about 113% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 94th sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 1,360 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.

Hematite profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hematite 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.