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Upper Midway Chute

Green Hoodoo, OR

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical98 ft
Length968 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesNE
Top5,198 ft

Upper Midway Chute drops 98 vertical feet over 968 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 38 named runs at Hoodoo. It faces northeast.

How well Upper Midway Chute holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 6°, Upper Midway Chute gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hoodoo does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Hoodoo. Its top sits at 5,200 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.

Upper Midway Chute profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Midway Chute elsewhere

Nearby at Hoodoo

Measured by ZRankings from USGS lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). 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.