Powder Keg at Powder Mountain
Intermediate · 449 m long with 142 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 26° at its steepest, facing N.
26°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
449 mlength
142 mvertical
2593 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Powder Keg is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Powder Keg
Lifts that reach the top: Saddle Horn (skiing easy terrain to get there); Timberline (skiing easy terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 22 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride DMI
- Ski Slow Poke (easy)
- Ski Drifter (easy)
- Ride Timberline
- Ski Drifter (easy)
- Ski Powder Keg (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Drifter. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Timberline (1 min), Lightning Ridge (1 min), Paradise Express (7 min).
See Powder Keg on the 3D mapAll runs at Powder MountainMeasured 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.