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Colt 45

Blue Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch34°
Vertical788 ft
Length2,249 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesS
Top8,409 ft

Colt 45 drops 788 vertical feet over 2,249 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 2,070 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces south.

How well Colt 45 holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 21°, Colt 45 gets about 142% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,410 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.

Colt 45 profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Colt 45 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.