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Corsair

Black diamond Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical624 ft
Length1,727 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesNE
Top11,448 ft

Corsair drops 624 vertical feet over 1,727 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 108th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces northeast.

How well Corsair holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 21°, Corsair gets about 54% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th shadiest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 11,450 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Corsair profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Corsair 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.