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Chair Line (unofficial)

Double black Sierra-At-Tahoe, CA

Steepest pitch39°
Vertical666 ft
Length2,020 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesNW
Top8,805 ft

Chair Line (unofficial) drops 666 vertical feet over 2,020 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 740 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 50 named runs at Sierra-At-Tahoe. It faces northwest.

How well Chair Line (unofficial) holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 20°, Chair Line (unofficial) gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sierra-At-Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Sierra-At-Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,800 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.

Chair Line (unofficial) profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Chair Line (unofficial) elsewhere

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.