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4 O'Clock

Blue Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical578 ft
Length3,004 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesE
Top11,274 ft

4 O'Clock drops 578 vertical feet over 3,004 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 166th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces east.

How well 4 O'Clock holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 11°, 4 O'Clock gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 61st sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 11,270 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

4 O'Clock profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like 4 O'Clock elsewhere

Nearby at Breckenridge

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.