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Birch

Green Pine Mountain, MI

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical176 ft
Length1,302 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesNE
Top1,517 ft

Birch drops 176 vertical feet over 1,302 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 500 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 33 named runs at Pine Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Birch holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 8°, Birch gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pine Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Pine Mountain. Its top sits at 1,520 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Birch profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Birch elsewhere

Nearby at Pine Mountain

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.