Black diamond Pine Mountain, MI
Open Slope drops 265 vertical feet over 1,181 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 700 feet below the top. That's steeper than 6% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 33 named runs at Pine Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, Open Slope gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pine Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Pine Mountain. Its top sits at 1,460 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.