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Black Powder at Steamboat Ski Resort

Advanced · 559 m long with 80 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 24° at its steepest, facing SE.

24°steepest 50 m

8°average pitch

559 mlength

80 mvertical

3105 mtop elevation

SEfaces

Snow and sun

Black Powder is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

How to get to Black Powder

Lifts that reach the top: Sunshine Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Sundown Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Wild Blue Gondola II (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 10 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

Ride Wild Blue Gondola I
Ride Wild Blue Gondola II
Ski Sundial (easy)
Ski Black Powder (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Cub, Tomahawk Face, Tomahawk. Nearest lifts from the bottom: South Peak (4 min), Sunshine Express (4 min).

See Black Powder on the 3D map All runs at Steamboat Ski Resort

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.