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Black Hawk at Powder Mountain

Advanced · 653 m long with 225 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 28° at its steepest, facing NW.

28°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
653 mlength
225 mvertical
2504 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Black Hawk 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 Hawk

Lifts that reach the top: Sunrise (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Mary's Quad (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Foxtrot (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Mushroom Valley (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Valhalla (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 21 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Paradise Express
  2. Ski Snowchaser (advanced)
  3. Ride Mushroom Valley
  4. Ski Eden to Paradise (easy)
  5. Ski Cat Walk (easy)
  6. Ski Sanctuary (advanced)
  7. Ski Dom (advanced)
  8. Ski Black Hawk (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Chuck’s Hideout. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express (4 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.