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Buckshot at Powder Mountain

Intermediate · 800 m long with 184 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 19° at its steepest, facing NW.

19°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
800 mlength
184 mvertical
2610 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Buckshot 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 Buckshot

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

From the base area (about 31 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Primetime Express
  2. Ski Star Crossed (easy)
  3. Ski Mirage (intermediate)
  4. Ski Star Crossed (easy)
  5. Ride Foxtrot
  6. Ski Wonderland (novice)
  7. Ski Bluebell (intermediate)
  8. Ski Lay of the Land (easy)
  9. Ski Buckshot (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Cobabe Canyon. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Foxtrot (3 min), Raintree (5 min), Paradise Express (8 min).

See Buckshot on the 3D mapAll runs at Powder 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.