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Coyote Chutes

Double black Wolf Creek, CO

Steepest pitch38°
Vertical305 ft
Length933 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesNE
Top11,405 ft

Coyote Chutes drops 305 vertical feet over 933 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northeast.

How well Coyote Chutes holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 20°, Coyote Chutes gets about 64% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,400 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Coyote Chutes profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Coyote Chutes elsewhere

Nearby at Wolf Creek

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.