Black diamond Snow Summit, CA
Off Chute drops 275 vertical feet over 968 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 27 named runs at Snow Summit. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 17°, Off Chute gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snow Summit does, December through March. That's shadier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Snow Summit. Its top sits at 7,880 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.
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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.