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8899

Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical1,328 ft
Length3,569 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesSE
Top8,772 ft

8899 drops 1,328 vertical feet over 3,569 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 55th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well 8899 holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 22°, 8899 gets about 137% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,770 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.

8899 profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like 8899 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.