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Sidewinder

Blue Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical791 ft
Length3,743 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNW
Top8,719 ft

Sidewinder drops 791 vertical feet over 3,743 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,970 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 147th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces northwest.

How well Sidewinder holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 12°, Sidewinder gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 96th shadiest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,720 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.

Sidewinder profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sidewinder 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.