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East Glade

Blue Pine Mountain, MI

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical174 ft
Length834 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesN
Top1,395 ft

East Glade drops 174 vertical feet over 834 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 600 feet below the top. That's steeper than 23% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 33 named runs at Pine Mountain. It faces north.

How well East Glade holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 12°, East Glade gets about 64% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pine Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Pine Mountain. Its top sits at 1,400 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

East Glade profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like East Glade 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.