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y chute

Double black Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch39°
Vertical963 ft
Length2,180 ft
Average pitch27°
FacesE
Top12,442 ft

y chute drops 963 vertical feet over 2,180 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 820 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces east.

How well y chute holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 27°, y chute gets about 97% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 66th sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 12,440 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

y chute profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like y chute elsewhere

Nearby at Breckenridge

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.