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Milky Way

Double black Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical137 ft
Length686 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesE
Top1,341 ft

Milky Way drops 137 vertical feet over 686 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 18% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces east.

How well Milky Way holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 12°, Milky Way 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 93rd sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 1,340 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.

Milky Way profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Milky Way 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.