Blue Snow Valley, CA
The Chute drops 146 vertical feet over 597 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 30% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 28 named runs at Snow Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 14°, The Chute gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snow Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Snow Valley. Its top sits at 7,320 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.