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zero chute

Double black (extreme) Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch39°
Vertical380 ft
Length893 ft
Average pitch26°
FacesSE
Top12,741 ft

zero chute drops 380 vertical feet over 893 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces southeast.

How well zero chute holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 26°, zero chute gets about 138% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 12,740 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

zero chute profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like zero 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.