Double black Crested Butte, CO
Dead Bob's Chutes drops 694 vertical feet over 1,387 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 44° about 110 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 31°, Dead Bob's Chutes gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,590 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.