Double black Mt Rose, NV
Chaos drops 799 vertical feet over 1,616 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 65 named runs at Mt Rose. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 30°, Chaos gets about 38% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Rose does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th shadiest named run at Mt Rose. Its top sits at 8,780 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.