Black diamond Great Divide, MT
Bull Chutes drops 437 vertical feet over 1,592 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 1,170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 35% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 16°, Bull Chutes gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's shadier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 61st shadiest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,830 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.