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Pilot

Green Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical1,866 ft
Length16,750 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNE
Top8,501 ft

Pilot drops 1,866 vertical feet over 16,750 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 9,630 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 77th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Pilot holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing northeast at an average 7°, Pilot gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 83rd sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,500 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Pilot profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Pilot 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.