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North Slope

Blue Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical679 ft
Length2,779 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesN
Top8,578 ft

North Slope drops 679 vertical feet over 2,779 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 2,400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 150th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces north.

How well North Slope holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 14°, North Slope gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,580 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

North Slope profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like North Slope 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.