Black diamond Berkshire East, MA
Chute drops 208 vertical feet over 761 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 40 named runs at Berkshire East. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 16°, Chute gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Berkshire East does, December through March. That's shadier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Berkshire East. Its top sits at 1,010 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.
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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.