Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT
Close Up drops 1,378 vertical feet over 3,157 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 44° about 30 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 northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 26°, Close Up gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,180 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.