Double black Powder Mountain, UT
The Grinder drops 1,635 vertical feet over 4,144 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 1,030 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 41st steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 24°, The Grinder gets about 101% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 66th sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,620 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.