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Pig Chute

Blue Turner Mountain, MT

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical725 ft
Length1,803 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesE
Top4,614 ft

Pig Chute drops 725 vertical feet over 1,803 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 23 named runs at Turner Mountain. It faces east.

How well Pig Chute holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 24°, Pig Chute gets about 107% of the winter sun that flat ground at Turner Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th sunniest named run at Turner Mountain. Its top sits at 4,610 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.

Pig Chute profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Pig Chute elsewhere

Nearby at Turner 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.