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Drifter at Powder Mountain

Easy · 1450 m long with 239 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 18° at its steepest, facing NW.

18°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
1450 mlength
239 mvertical
2656 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Drifter

Lifts that reach the top: Saddle Horn (skiing novice terrain to get there); Timberline (skiing novice terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride DMI
  2. Ski Slow Poke (easy)
  3. Ski Drifter (easy)
  4. Ride Timberline
  5. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  6. Ski Drifter (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Sidewinder, Rendezvous, Powder Chamber, Sun Catcher. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Timberline (1 min), Lightning Ridge (1 min), Paradise Express (7 min).

What people say

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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.