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Junior's Powder Paradise

Blue Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical1,025 ft
Length4,331 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top10,559 ft

Junior's Powder Paradise drops 1,025 vertical feet over 4,331 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 95th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces east.

How well Junior's Powder Paradise holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 14°, Junior's Powder Paradise gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 39th sunniest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 10,560 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.

Junior's Powder Paradise profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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Nearby at Snowbird

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.