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Upper Powder Bowl

Blue Heavenly, CA

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical157 ft
Length1,063 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNW
Top8,948 ft

Upper Powder Bowl drops 157 vertical feet over 1,063 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 7% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 121st steepest of 124 named runs at Heavenly. It faces northwest.

How well Upper Powder Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 9°, Upper Powder Bowl gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Heavenly does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 64th shadiest named run at Heavenly. Its top sits at 8,950 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.

Upper Powder Bowl profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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Nearby at Heavenly

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.