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Mercury

Double black Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical20 ft
Length264 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesS
Top1,212 ft

Mercury drops 20 vertical feet over 264 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 4% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 101st steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces south.

How well Mercury holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 5°, Mercury gets about 122% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 81st sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 1,210 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.

Mercury profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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.