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Powder Hog

Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical798 ft
Length2,222 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesSW
Top8,448 ft

Powder Hog drops 798 vertical feet over 2,222 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,270 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 53rd steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces southwest.

How well Powder Hog holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 21°, Powder Hog gets about 125% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,450 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 Hog profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Powder Hog 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.