Black diamond Breckenridge, CO
Grits drops 270 vertical feet over 751 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 129th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Grits gets about 57% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th shadiest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 10,760 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.
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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.