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Columbine

Blue Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical291 ft
Length3,552 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesNE
Top11,275 ft

Columbine drops 291 vertical feet over 3,552 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 8% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 194th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces northeast.

How well Columbine holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 5°, Columbine gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 97th sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 11,270 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Columbine profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Columbine 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.