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Shenko's Chute

Double black Winter Park, CO

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical456 ft
Length1,440 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesE
Top11,776 ft

Shenko's Chute drops 456 vertical feet over 1,440 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces east.

How well Shenko's Chute holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 19°, Shenko's Chute gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th sunniest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 11,780 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.

Shenko's Chute profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Shenko's 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.