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Proving Grounds at Powder Mountain

Advanced · 883 m long with 209 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 20° at its steepest, facing NE.

20°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
883 mlength
209 mvertical
2515 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Proving Grounds 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 Proving Grounds

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 20 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 Proving Grounds (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Cobabe Canyon, Star Crossed. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Raintree (3 min), Paradise Express (6 min).

See Proving Grounds 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.