Big Powderhorn ski runs

45 named runs · about 9 miles of skiing · 1,210 to 1,630 ft

Green 35% (3.0 mi)Blue 39% (3.4 mi)Black 25% (2.2 mi)Double black 1% (0.1 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

1. Katie's Catwalk 37°
2. Louie's Chute 30°
3. Double Barrel 30°
4. Double Barrel West 28°
5. Don't Chute 26°

Longest

1. Flintlock 2,400 ft
2. Ricochet 2,400 ft
3. Oxbow 2,300 ft
4. Shotgun 2,300 ft
5. Bovidae 2,100 ft

Holds snow best

1. Louie's Chute 43% sun
2. Don't Chute 47% sun
3. Double Barrel West 55% sun
4. Lower Smoke 58% sun
5. Thunder 58% sun

Longest greens

1. Flintlock 2,400 ft
2. Oxbow 2,300 ft
3. Shotgun 2,300 ft
4. Trigger 2,100 ft
5. Alpen 2,000 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 45 runs

Run	Rating	Vertical	Length	Steepest	Avg pitch	Faces	Holds snow
Katie's Catwalk	Double black	208 ft	676 ft	37°	18°	NW	Excellent
Louie's Chute	Black	209 ft	562 ft	30°	22°	NW	Excellent
Double Barrel	Black	276 ft	1,274 ft	30°	13°	N	Excellent
Double Barrel West	Black	166 ft	593 ft	28°	16°	N	Excellent
Don't Chute	Black	38 ft	358 ft	26°	6°	NW	Excellent
Thunder	Black	243 ft	1,007 ft	26°	14°	N	Excellent
Cannonball	Black	352 ft	1,483 ft	26°	14°	N	Excellent
Blunder	Black	304 ft	1,120 ft	26°	16°	NW	Excellent
Upper Smoke	Black	190 ft	981 ft	25°	12°	N	Good
Tamarou West	Blue	170 ft	677 ft	25°	15°	NW	Good
Bovidae	Blue	339 ft	2,122 ft	25°	9°	N	Good
Ramrod	Blue	182 ft	1,126 ft	25°	9°	NW	Good
Glen's Trail	Black	70 ft	420 ft	24°	11°	NE	Average
Upper Double Barrel	Blue	97 ft	551 ft	22°	11°	NE	Good
Tamarou East	Blue	176 ft	767 ft	22°	13°	NW	Good
Half Choke Chute	Black	42 ft	371 ft	22°	7°	NW	Good
Dynamite	Blue	185 ft	1,137 ft	21°	10°	N	Good
Crosshair Chute	Black	37 ft	397 ft	21°	5°	NW	Good
Oxbow	Green	305 ft	2,292 ft	21°	8°	N	Average
Caribou	Blue	270 ft	1,300 ft	20°	12°	N	Excellent
Powderkeg	Blue	120 ft	727 ft	19°	10°	N	Good
Firecracker	Blue	40 ft	170 ft	19°	14°	E	Average
Lower Smoke	Blue	196 ft	851 ft	19°	13°	NW	Excellent
Ricochet	Blue	390 ft	2,354 ft	18°	10°	N	Good
Passenthru	Green	103 ft	628 ft	18°	10°	N	Good
Full Choke Chute	Black	56 ft	380 ft	17°	9°	NW	Average
Musket	Blue	258 ft	1,376 ft	17°	11°	NW	Good
Lower Tamarou	Blue	173 ft	1,498 ft	16°	7°	N	Average
Vertical Drop	Black	125 ft	630 ft	16°	12°	E	Below average
Buckshot	Green	158 ft	1,076 ft	16°	9°	N	Good
Shotgun	Green	275 ft	2,272 ft	16°	7°	N	Average
Reindeer	Green	69 ft	785 ft	15°	5°	NE	Average
Back Bowl East	Blue	75 ft	623 ft	15°	7°	E	Below average
Bullet	Black	91 ft	508 ft	14°	10°	NE	Average
Trigger	Green	245 ft	2,052 ft	14°	7°	N	Good
Flintlock	Green	290 ft	2,423 ft	14°	7°	NE	Average
Buckshot Park	Black	45 ft	345 ft	13°	8°	N	Good
Alpen	Green	219 ft	1,977 ft	13°	6°	E	Below average
Sly Fox	Green	111 ft	915 ft	13°	7°	NE	Average
Crazy Trail	Blue	177 ft	1,556 ft	13°	7°	N	Average
Bovidae West	Blue	92 ft	664 ft	12°	8°	E	Below average
Recoil Park	Black	43 ft	338 ft	12°	7°	N	Good
Little Park	Black	43 ft	292 ft	11°	9°	E	Below average
Big Bird	Green	165 ft	1,533 ft	10°	6°	N	Good
Learning Area	Green	11 ft	171 ft	5°	4°	N	Average

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.