Double black Sun Valley, ID
Cold Springs Chutes drops 1,967 vertical feet over 4,472 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 1,770 feet below the top. That's steeper than 35% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 26°, Cold Springs Chutes gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th sunniest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 8,260 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.
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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.