Blue Pine Mountain, MI
Middle Slope drops 241 vertical feet over 1,442 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 510 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 33 named runs at Pine Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 10°, Middle Slope gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pine Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th 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.
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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.