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Yang

Blue Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical278 ft
Length1,202 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesN
Top8,716 ft

Yang drops 278 vertical feet over 1,202 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 143rd steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces north.

How well Yang holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 14°, Yang gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 52nd shadiest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,720 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.

Yang profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Yang 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.