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Lower Duke's Run

Blue Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical616 ft
Length2,554 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesNE
Top10,875 ft

Lower Duke's Run drops 616 vertical feet over 2,554 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 810 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 144th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces northeast.

How well Lower Duke's Run holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 14°, Lower Duke's Run gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 119th sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 10,870 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.

Lower Duke's Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower 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.