Black diamond Big Powderhorn, MI
Half Choke Chute drops 42 vertical feet over 371 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 12% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 45 named runs at Big Powderhorn. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 7°, Half Choke Chute gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Powderhorn does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Big Powderhorn. Its top sits at 1,550 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.