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Chicken's Option

Blue Attitash, NH

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical79 ft
Length300 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesNE
Top1,702 ft

Chicken's Option drops 79 vertical feet over 300 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 70 named runs at Attitash. It faces northeast.

How well Chicken's Option holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 15°, Chicken's Option gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Attitash does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Attitash. Its top sits at 1,700 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Chicken's Option profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Chicken's Option elsewhere

Nearby at Attitash

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.