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Dead Horse

Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch35°
Vertical523 ft
Length1,218 ft
Average pitch26°
FacesE
Top8,350 ft

Dead Horse drops 523 vertical feet over 1,218 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces east.

How well Dead Horse holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 26°, Dead Horse gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 86th shadiest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,350 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.

Dead Horse profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Dead Horse 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.