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Powder Valley 1

Blue Hoodoo, OR

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical211 ft
Length617 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesE
Top4,963 ft

Powder Valley 1 drops 211 vertical feet over 617 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 38 named runs at Hoodoo. It faces east.

How well Powder Valley 1 holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 20°, Powder Valley 1 gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hoodoo does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Hoodoo. Its top sits at 4,960 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.

Powder Valley 1 profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Powder Valley 1 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.