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Gold King

Blue Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical1,209 ft
Length5,525 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top11,227 ft

Gold King drops 1,209 vertical feet over 5,525 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 150th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces northeast.

How well Gold King holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Gold King gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 124th sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 11,230 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.

Gold King profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gold King 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.