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Powder Keg

Black diamond Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical463 ft
Length1,736 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesSW
Top1,216 ft

Powder Keg drops 463 vertical feet over 1,736 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 60th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces southwest.

How well Powder Keg holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 16°, Powder Keg gets about 132% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 63rd sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 1,220 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.

Powder Keg profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Powder Keg 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.