Double black Mt Baker, WA
The Chute drops 595 vertical feet over 1,333 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 35 named runs at Mt Baker. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 28°, The Chute gets about 44% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Baker does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Mt Baker. Its top sits at 4,800 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.