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Buckshot

Blue Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical604 ft
Length2,705 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNW
Top8,562 ft

Buckshot drops 604 vertical feet over 2,705 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 2,590 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 170th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces northwest.

How well Buckshot holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 13°, Buckshot gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 91st sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,560 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.

Buckshot profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Buckshot 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.