Saddle Chute at Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Expert · 352 m long with 187 m of vertical, averaging 28° and 43° at its steepest, facing NE.
43°steepest 50 m
28°average pitch
352 mlength
187 mvertical
2752 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Saddle Chute is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.
How to get to Saddle Chute
No lift-served path appears in the map data: it may be hike-to, gated, or mapped separately.
Where it ends
Joins Shaffers Chute.
See Saddle Chute on the 3D mapAll runs at Kirkwood Mountain ResortMeasured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.