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Ambush

Blue Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical403 ft
Length1,429 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesE
Top8,514 ft

Ambush drops 403 vertical feet over 1,429 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 154th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces east.

How well Ambush holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 17°, Ambush gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 94th sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,510 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.

Ambush profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ambush 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.