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Upper A-Z Chutes

Double black (extreme) Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch48°
Vertical565 ft
Length—
Average pitch39°
FacesSE
Top10,309 ft

Upper A-Z Chutes drops 565 vertical feet over feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 48°. That's steeper than 96% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces southeast.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper A-Z Chutes elsewhere

Nearby at Big Sky

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.