home of the Pure Awesomeness Factor Better Data, Better Skiing

Dirt Chute

Double black (off-piste) Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical243 ft
Length879 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesE
Top5,186 ft

Dirt Chute drops 243 vertical feet over 879 feet of skiing. It faces east.

How well Dirt Chute holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 16°, Dirt Chute gets about 90% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 93rd sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 5,190 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Dirt Chute profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Nearby at Silver Star

Measured by ZRankings from 30-meter elevation data from Natural Resources Canada, too coarse to measure steepness. 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.