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Yin

Blue Powder Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical222 ft
Length970 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top8,748 ft

Yin drops 222 vertical feet over 970 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 159th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Yin holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Yin gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd shadiest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,750 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.

Yin profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Yin 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.