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Drop Out Chute 3

Double black Mammoth, CA

Steepest pitch40°
Vertical542 ft
Length1,007 ft
Average pitch33°
FacesNE
Top10,834 ft

Drop Out Chute 3 drops 542 vertical feet over 1,007 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 151 named runs at Mammoth. It faces northeast.

How well Drop Out Chute 3 holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 33°, Drop Out Chute 3 gets about 39% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mammoth does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Mammoth. Its top sits at 10,830 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.

Drop Out Chute 3 profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Drop Out Chute 3 elsewhere

Nearby at Mammoth

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.