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Lower Smoke at Big Powderhorn Mountain

Intermediate · 254 m long with 61 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 15° at its steepest, facing N.

15°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
254 mlength
61 mvertical
441 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Lower Smoke is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Lower Smoke

Lifts that reach the top: 6 Ricochet (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); 5 Smoke (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 7 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride 6 Ricochet
  2. Ski Ricochet (intermediate)
  3. Ski Caribou (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lower Smoke (intermediate)

Where it ends

Nearest lifts from the bottom: 5 Smoke (1 min), 7 Big Bird (2 min), 6 Ricochet (2 min).

See Lower Smoke on the 3D mapAll runs at Big Powderhorn Mountain
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.