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Pay Dirt at Powder Mountain

Advanced · 884 m long with 245 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 27° at its steepest, facing N.

27°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
884 mlength
245 mvertical
2502 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Pay Dirt 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 Pay Dirt

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 Pay Dirt (advanced)

Where it ends

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