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Omar’s Ear at Powder Mountain

Advanced · 489 m long with 202 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 34° at its steepest, facing NE.

34°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
489 mlength
202 mvertical
2445 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Omar’s Ear 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 Omar’s Ear

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 22 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 Omar’s Ear (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Raintree, Cobabe Canyon. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Raintree (1 min), Paradise Express (4 min).

See Omar’s Ear 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.