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Pinto Cut Off

Blue Kelly Canyon, ID

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical143 ft
Length731 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesN
Top6,233 ft

Pinto Cut Off drops 143 vertical feet over 731 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 480 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 40th steepest of 49 named runs at Kelly Canyon. It faces north.

How well Pinto Cut Off holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 11°, Pinto Cut Off gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Kelly Canyon does, December through March. That's shadier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st shadiest named run at Kelly Canyon. Its top sits at 6,230 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.

Pinto Cut Off profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Pinto 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.