Snow Shaffers Chute at Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Expert · 652 m long with 259 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 36° at its steepest, facing NE.
36°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
652 mlength
259 mvertical
2774 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Shaffers 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 Shaffers Chute
No lift-served path appears in the map data: it may be hike-to, gated, or mapped separately.
Where it ends
Joins Dick's Drop, all the way, The Drain.
See Shaffers 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.