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Shire

Double black Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical275 ft
Length1,791 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesS
Top1,163 ft

Shire drops 275 vertical feet over 1,791 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 1,710 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 94th steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces south.

How well Shire holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 9°, Shire gets about 135% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 54th sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 1,160 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.

Shire profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Shire 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.