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Rail Garden

Double black (off-piste) Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical191 ft
Length1,244 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNE
Top8,569 ft

Rail Garden drops 191 vertical feet over 1,244 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 510 feet below the top. That's steeper than 3% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 186th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Rail Garden holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 9°, Rail Garden gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 98th shadiest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,570 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Rail Garden profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Rail Garden 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.