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Black Powder at Kelly Canyon

Advanced · 461 m long with 105 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 20° at its steepest, facing N.

20°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
461 mlength
105 mvertical
2020 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Black Powder

Lifts that reach the top: Gun Powder (skiing easy terrain to get there); Bunny Hill (skiing easy terrain to get there); Lost Treasure (skiing easy terrain to get there); Lift 1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Lift 1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gold Rush (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Gun Powder
  2. Ski Crystal Cruise (easy)
  3. Ski Black Powder (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Powder Bowl, Whoa Joe, Grandma's House. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Gun Powder (4 min), Lost Treasure (4 min), Bunny Hill (5 min).

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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.