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Powder Mountain Ski Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Powder Mountain Ski Resort is a ski area in Utah, United States with 130 km of mapped downhill runs and 14 lifts, between 2,022 m and 2,744 m above sea level.

Downhill runs
130 km
Lifts
14
Top elevation
2,744 m
Vertical drop
722 m
Nearest airport
OGD · 29 km

Slopes by difficulty

  • Easy45 km
  • Other0.1 km
  • Beginner1.7 km
  • Advanced50 km
  • Intermediate34 km

155 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.

Ski lifts

  • 11 Chairlifts
  • 2 Rope tows
  • 1 Button lifts

Powder Mountain Ski Resort is a ski area in Utah, the United States. Its 155 mapped downhill runs add up to 130 km, which ranks it #6 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 1.3% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 841 m long.

Slopes at Powder Mountain Ski Resort

About 36% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 26% intermediate and 38% advanced or expert, which makes Powder Mountain Ski Resort best suited to confident and advanced skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 14 lifts: 11 chairlifts, 2 rope tows, 1 button lift. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,022 m up to 2,744 m, a vertical drop of 722 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Powder Mountain Ski Resort

The nearest airport is Ogden Hinckley Airport (OGD), about 29 km away in a straight line — roughly 38 minutes by car; Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is 68 km away. Nearby ski areas include Nordic Valley Resort (Wolf Mountain) (23.0 km), Ogden Nordic, Snowbasin Resort (86.0 km) and Mountain Green (3.7 km), which together add 163 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.

Nearest airports to Powder Mountain Ski Resort

  1. 1
    Ogden Hinckley Airport Flag of United StatesOgden, United States Airports in United States
    OGD29 kmstraight line
  2. 2
    Salt Lake City International Airport Flag of United StatesSalt Lake City, United States Airports in United StatesTransfers & Meet & Greet →
    SLC68 kmstraight line
  3. 3
    Provo Municipal Airport Flag of United StatesProvo, United States Airports in United States
    PVU129 kmstraight line
  4. 4
    Pocatello Regional Airport Flag of United StatesPocatello, United States Airports in United States
    PIH184 kmstraight line

Frequently asked questions

How many kilometres of slopes does Powder Mountain Ski Resort have?

130 km of downhill runs (155 runs): 45 km easy, 0.1 km other, 1.7 km beginner, 50 km advanced, 34 km intermediate. It is #6 in United States by piste length.

How high is Powder Mountain Ski Resort?

The lifts and runs reach 2,744 m (9,003 ft); the lowest point is 2,022 m, a vertical drop of 722 m.

What is the nearest airport to Powder Mountain Ski Resort?

Ogden Hinckley Airport (OGD), about 29 km away in a straight line; Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is 68 km away.

How many ski lifts does Powder Mountain Ski Resort have?

14 lifts: 11 chairlifts, 2 rope tows, 1 button lifts.

Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.