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Vern's Bowl

Blue Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical467 ft
Length2,861 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNW
Top8,555 ft

Vern's Bowl drops 467 vertical feet over 2,861 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 2,600 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 166th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces northwest.

How well Vern's Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 9°, Vern's Bowl gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 89th shadiest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,560 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.

Vern's Bowl profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.