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60 Below

Blue Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical1,059 ft
Length3,034 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesW
Top8,516 ft

60 Below drops 1,059 vertical feet over 3,034 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 1,240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 98% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 68th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces west.

How well 60 Below holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 21°, 60 Below gets about 103% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 63rd sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,520 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

60 Below profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like 60 Below elsewhere

Nearby at Powder Mountain

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.