Double black Crested Butte, CO
Dead End Chutes drops 514 vertical feet over 1,016 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 53° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 32°, Dead End Chutes gets about 64% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,400 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.