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Polar Bear

Double black Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical603 ft
Length2,376 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesS
Top1,289 ft

Polar Bear drops 603 vertical feet over 2,376 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 2,010 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 56th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces south.

How well Polar Bear holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 15°, Polar Bear gets about 142% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 1,290 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.

Polar Bear profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Polar 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.