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East

Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical731 ft
Length1,867 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesSE
Top8,335 ft

East drops 731 vertical feet over 1,867 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 960 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 106th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well East holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 23°, East gets about 127% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,330 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.

East profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like East 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.