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Dakine

Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical750 ft
Length2,080 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesE
Top8,438 ft

Dakine drops 750 vertical feet over 2,080 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 57th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces east.

How well Dakine holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 21°, Dakine gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 43rd sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,440 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.

Dakine profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Dakine 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.