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Chair 4 Glades

Black diamond Schweitzer, ID

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical1,214 ft
Length3,219 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesS
Top5,728 ft

Chair 4 Glades drops 1,214 vertical feet over 3,219 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 1,770 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 98 named runs at Schweitzer. It faces south.

How well Chair 4 Glades holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 22°, Chair 4 Glades gets about 160% of the winter sun that flat ground at Schweitzer does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Schweitzer. Its top sits at 5,730 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.

Chair 4 Glades profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Chair 4 Glades elsewhere

Nearby at Schweitzer

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.