Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT
Saddle Chute drops 411 vertical feet over 972 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 25°, Saddle Chute gets about 53% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 7,760 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.