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The Apron

Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical1,567 ft
Length5,243 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesW
Top9,011 ft

The Apron drops 1,567 vertical feet over 5,243 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 62nd steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces west.

How well The Apron holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 18°, The Apron gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 48th sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 9,010 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.

The Apron profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Apron 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.