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Side Kick

Blue Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical559 ft
Length2,499 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top8,679 ft

Side Kick drops 559 vertical feet over 2,499 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 960 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 104th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Side Kick holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Side Kick gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 79th shadiest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,680 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.

Side Kick profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Side Kick 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.