Black diamond Big Powderhorn, MI
Full Choke Chute drops 56 vertical feet over 380 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 4% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 45 named runs at Big Powderhorn. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 9°, Full Choke Chute gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Powderhorn does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd shadiest named run at Big Powderhorn. Its top sits at 1,600 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.