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Cut Off

Blue Schweitzer, ID

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical191 ft
Length1,716 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesE
Top6,008 ft

Cut Off drops 191 vertical feet over 1,716 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 1,680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 98 named runs at Schweitzer. It faces east.

How well Cut Off holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 7°, Cut Off gets about 107% of the winter sun that flat ground at Schweitzer does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd sunniest named run at Schweitzer. Its top sits at 6,010 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.

Cut Off profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cut Off 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.