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Little Burn

Blue Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical323 ft
Length2,801 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesE
Top11,545 ft

Little Burn drops 323 vertical feet over 2,801 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 54% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 148th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces east.

How well Little Burn holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 7°, Little Burn gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 78th sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 11,540 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Little Burn profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Little Burn 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.