Double black Crested Butte, CO
Big Chute drops 477 vertical feet over 877 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 81% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 43rd steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 34°, Big Chute gets about 48% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 11,610 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.