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Mama Bear

Blue Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical260 ft
Length1,524 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesS
Top921 ft

Mama Bear drops 260 vertical feet over 1,524 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 770 feet below the top. That's steeper than 19% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 108th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces south.

How well Mama Bear holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 10°, Mama Bear gets about 152% 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 21st sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 920 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.

Mama Bear profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Mama Bear 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.