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Saturn

Double black Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical255 ft
Length848 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesS
Top1,065 ft

Saturn drops 255 vertical feet over 848 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 48th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces south.

How well Saturn holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 18°, Saturn gets about 147% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 1,060 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.

Saturn profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Saturn 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.