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Powder Country Boundary

Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical1,221 ft
Length5,642 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSE
Top8,577 ft

Powder Country Boundary drops 1,221 vertical feet over 5,642 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 3,970 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 58th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Powder Country Boundary holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southeast at an average 15°, Powder Country Boundary gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,580 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.

Powder Country Boundary profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Powder Country Boundary 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.