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Sunspot

Double black Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical74 ft
Length367 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesE
Top1,143 ft

Sunspot drops 74 vertical feet over 367 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 19% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces east.

How well Sunspot holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 12°, Sunspot gets about 106% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 103rd sunniest named run at Mount Bohemia. Its top sits at 1,140 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.

Sunspot profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sunspot 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.