Double black Pine Mountain, MI
Ying drops 116 vertical feet over 752 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 1% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 33 named runs at Pine Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 9°, Ying gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Pine Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Pine Mountain. Its top sits at 1,480 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.