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Chamonix Chutes

Double black Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch59°
Vertical693 ft
Length1,805 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesSE
Top10,905 ft

Chamonix Chutes drops 693 vertical feet over 1,805 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 59° about 530 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces southeast.

How well Chamonix Chutes holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 24°, Chamonix Chutes gets about 125% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 10,900 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.

Chamonix Chutes profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Nearby at Snowbird

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.