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Prospector

Blue Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical701 ft
Length3,465 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSW
Top1,452 ft

Prospector drops 701 vertical feet over 3,465 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 67th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces southwest.

How well Prospector holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 12°, Prospector gets about 118% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 88th sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 1,450 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.

Prospector profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Prospector 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.