Black diamond Pine Mountain, MI
West Wall drops 224 vertical feet over 1,034 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 33 named runs at Pine Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, West Wall gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pine Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Pine Mountain. Its top sits at 1,390 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.