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Duke's Run

Black diamond Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical140 ft
Length490 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesNE
Top11,016 ft

Duke's Run drops 140 vertical feet over 490 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 360 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 154th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces northeast.

How well Duke's Run holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 17°, Duke's Run gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 57th shadiest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 11,020 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.

Duke's Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Duke's Run 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.