Blue Sierra-At-Tahoe, CA
Upper Powderhorn drops 810 vertical feet over 4,205 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 710 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 50 named runs at Sierra-At-Tahoe. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 11°, Upper Powderhorn gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sierra-At-Tahoe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th sunniest named run at Sierra-At-Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,060 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.
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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.