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Carpe Diem

Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical1,115 ft
Length2,820 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesSE
Top9,287 ft

Carpe Diem drops 1,115 vertical feet over 2,820 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 72nd steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Carpe Diem holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 24°, Carpe Diem gets about 127% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 9,290 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.

Carpe Diem profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Carpe Diem 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.