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Powderkeg at Ski Cooper

Advanced · 444 m long with 117 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 23° at its steepest, facing N.

23°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
444 mlength
117 mvertical
3409 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Tree skiing (gladed).

How to get to Powderkeg

Lifts that reach the top: Buckeye Platter (skiing advanced terrain to get there); 10th Mountain Chair (skiing advanced terrain to get there); 10th Mountain (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Piney Basin Triple Chair (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Little Horse (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Hoyt's (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 5 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Piney Basin Triple Chair
  2. Ski Upper Shamrock (intermediate)
  3. Ski Molly Mayfield (easy)
  4. Ski Vendome Burn (intermediate)
  5. Ski Kamikaze (advanced)
  6. Ski Powderkeg (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Kamikaze, Nightmare. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Piney Basin Triple Chair (1 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.