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Awe Chute

Double black Winter Park, CO

Steepest pitch44°
Vertical255 ft
Length416 ft
Average pitch38°
FacesE
Top10,971 ft

Awe Chute drops 255 vertical feet over 416 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 44° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 87% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces east.

How well Awe Chute holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 38°, Awe Chute gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 10,970 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.

Awe Chute profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Awe Chute elsewhere

Nearby at Winter Park

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.