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C'est La Via

Double black Pine Mountain, MI

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical118 ft
Length752 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNE
Top1,450 ft

C'est La Via drops 118 vertical feet over 752 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 2% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 33 named runs at Pine Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well C'est La Via holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 9°, C'est La Via gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pine Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th shadiest named run at Pine Mountain. Its top sits at 1,450 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.

C'est La Via profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like C'est La Via 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.