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Middle Chip's Run

Blue Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical469 ft
Length2,682 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNW
Top9,515 ft

Middle Chip's Run drops 469 vertical feet over 2,682 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 1,820 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 138th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces northwest.

How well Middle Chip's Run holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 10°, Middle Chip's Run gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's shadier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 95th shadiest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 9,520 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Middle Chip's Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Middle 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.