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Poncho's

Green Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical580 ft
Length3,867 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesSW
Top8,653 ft

Poncho's drops 580 vertical feet over 3,867 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 3,140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 198th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces southwest.

How well Poncho's holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 9°, Poncho's gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 40th sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,650 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.

Poncho's profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Poncho's 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.