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Cut Run

Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch39°
Vertical981 ft
Length3,343 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesNW
Top8,629 ft

Cut Run drops 981 vertical feet over 3,343 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 2,420 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces northwest.

How well Cut Run holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 17°, Cut Run gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 91st shadiest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,630 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Cut Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cut Run 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.