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Amen

Black diamond Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical693 ft
Length2,199 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesSE
Top11,928 ft

Amen drops 693 vertical feet over 2,199 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 101st steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces southeast.

How well Amen holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 19°, Amen gets about 129% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 11,930 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.

Amen profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Amen 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.