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Powder Puff

Blue Wolf Creek, CO

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical653 ft
Length3,463 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top11,436 ft

Powder Puff drops 653 vertical feet over 3,463 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 1,070 feet below the top. That's steeper than 46% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 92nd steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northeast.

How well Powder Puff holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 11°, Powder Puff gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th sunniest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,440 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.

Powder Puff profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Powder Puff elsewhere

Nearby at Wolf Creek

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.