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Saddle Chutes

Double black Park City, UT

Steepest pitch40°
Vertical487 ft
Length999 ft
Average pitch30°
FacesSE
Top8,918 ft

Saddle Chutes drops 487 vertical feet over 999 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 334 named runs at Park City. It faces southeast.

How well Saddle Chutes holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 30°, Saddle Chutes gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Park City does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd sunniest named run at Park City. Its top sits at 8,920 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Saddle Chutes profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Saddle Chutes elsewhere

Nearby at Park City

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.