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The Beast

Double black Mount Bohemia, MI

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical798 ft
Length2,844 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesSE
Top1,447 ft

The Beast drops 798 vertical feet over 2,844 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 2,290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 125 named runs at Mount Bohemia. It faces southeast.

How well The Beast holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 17°, The Beast gets about 140% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mount Bohemia does, December through March. That's sunnier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd 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.

The Beast profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Beast 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.