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Race Start Chute 1

Double black (off-piste) Snowbasin, UT

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical484 ft
Length955 ft
Average pitch31°
FacesSE
Top9,411 ft

Race Start Chute 1 drops 484 vertical feet over 955 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 127 named runs at Snowbasin. It faces southeast.

How well Race Start Chute 1 holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 31°, Race Start Chute 1 gets about 130% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbasin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Snowbasin. Its top sits at 9,410 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.

Race Start Chute 1 profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Race Start Chute 1 elsewhere

Nearby at Snowbasin

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.