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Horseshoe Chute

Double black (off-piste) Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch47°
Vertical384 ft
Length977 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesS
Top1,245 ft

Horseshoe Chute drops 384 vertical feet over 977 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 47° about 440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces south.

How well Horseshoe Chute holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 24°, Horseshoe Chute gets about 160% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th 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.

Horseshoe Chute profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Horseshoe Chute elsewhere

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.