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Claim

Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical1,472 ft
Length3,073 ft
Average pitch29°
FacesSW
Top9,378 ft

Claim drops 1,472 vertical feet over 3,073 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 50th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces southwest.

How well Claim holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 29°, Claim gets about 149% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 9,380 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.

Claim profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Claim 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.