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Candy L:and

Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch44°
Vertical548 ft
Length2,580 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSE
Top7,738 ft

Candy L:and drops 548 vertical feet over 2,580 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 44° about 1,920 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Candy L:and holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 14°, Candy L:and gets about 115% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 7,740 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.

Candy L:and profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.