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Blackhawk

Double black Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical630 ft
Length2,111 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesE
Top11,400 ft

Blackhawk drops 630 vertical feet over 2,111 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 630 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 78th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces east.

How well Blackhawk holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 18°, Blackhawk gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 40th sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 11,400 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.

Blackhawk profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Blackhawk 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.