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Face

Black diamond Hoodoo, OR

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical703 ft
Length1,638 ft
Average pitch26°
FacesE
Top5,681 ft

Face drops 703 vertical feet over 1,638 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 38 named runs at Hoodoo. It faces east.

How well Face holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 26°, Face gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hoodoo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Hoodoo. Its top sits at 5,680 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Face profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Face elsewhere

Nearby at Hoodoo

Measured by ZRankings from USGS lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). 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.