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Powderidge

Green Snowshoe Mountain, WV

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical106 ft
Length1,147 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesSE
Top4,661 ft

Powderidge drops 106 vertical feet over 1,147 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 23% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 63 named runs at Snowshoe Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Powderidge holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 5°, Powderidge gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowshoe Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Snowshoe Mountain. Its top sits at 4,660 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Powderidge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Powderidge elsewhere

Nearby at Snowshoe 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.