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Chip's Run

Blue Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical924 ft
Length3,432 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesNW
Top10,441 ft

Chip's Run drops 924 vertical feet over 3,432 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 870 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 94th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces northwest.

How well Chip's Run holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 16°, Chip's Run gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's shadier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 88th shadiest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 10,440 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.

Chip's Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Chip's Run elsewhere

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.