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Baldy Face

Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical934 ft
Length3,552 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesE
Top8,294 ft

Baldy Face drops 934 vertical feet over 3,552 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 1,170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 57% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 83rd steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces east.

How well Baldy Face holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 15°, Baldy Face gets about 106% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 54th sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,290 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.

Baldy Face profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Baldy Face 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.