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Ute Cutoff

Blue Sunlight Mountain, CO

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical166 ft
Length795 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNW
Top9,143 ft

Ute Cutoff drops 166 vertical feet over 795 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 25% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 60th steepest of 69 named runs at Sunlight Mountain. It faces northwest.

How well Ute Cutoff holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 12°, Ute Cutoff gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunlight Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 58th shadiest named run at Sunlight Mountain. Its top sits at 9,140 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.

Ute Cutoff profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ute Cutoff elsewhere

Nearby at Sunlight Mountain

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.