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Race Start Chute 3

Double black (off-piste) Snowbasin, UT

Steepest pitch40°
Vertical447 ft
Length895 ft
Average pitch30°
FacesE
Top9,335 ft

Race Start Chute 3 drops 447 vertical feet over 895 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 127 named runs at Snowbasin. It faces east.

How well Race Start Chute 3 holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 30°, Race Start Chute 3 gets about 117% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbasin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Snowbasin. Its top sits at 9,340 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 3 profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Race Start Chute 3 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.