Double black (extreme) A-Basin, CO
Middle Y Chute drops 531 vertical feet over 839 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 49° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 161 named runs at A-Basin. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 40°, Middle Y Chute gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at A-Basin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 44th sunniest named run at A-Basin. Its top sits at 12,470 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.