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Yang

Double black Pine Mountain, MI

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical73 ft
Length563 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesN
Top1,368 ft

Yang drops 73 vertical feet over 563 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 1% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 33 named runs at Pine Mountain. It faces north.

How well Yang holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 8°, Yang gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pine Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Pine Mountain. Its top sits at 1,370 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.

Yang profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Yang 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.