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Drop Out Cut Off

Blue Kelly Canyon, ID

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical233 ft
Length1,093 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top6,359 ft

Drop Out Cut Off drops 233 vertical feet over 1,093 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 39% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 33rd steepest of 49 named runs at Kelly Canyon. It faces northeast.

How well Drop Out Cut Off holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Drop Out Cut Off gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Kelly Canyon does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd shadiest named run at Kelly Canyon. Its top sits at 6,360 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.

Drop Out Cut Off profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Drop Out Cut Off elsewhere

Nearby at Kelly Canyon

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.