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Spruce

Green Pine Mountain, MI

Steepest pitch10°
Vertical350 ft
Length2,899 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesN
Top1,522 ft

Spruce drops 350 vertical feet over 2,899 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 10° about 460 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 33 named runs at Pine Mountain. It faces north.

How well Spruce holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 7°, Spruce gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pine Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st 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.

Spruce profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Spruce 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.