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Lower Peerless

Blue Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical634 ft
Length3,620 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNE
Top10,608 ft

Lower Peerless drops 634 vertical feet over 3,620 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 3,120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 187th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces northeast.

How well Lower Peerless holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 10°, Lower Peerless gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 102nd sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 10,610 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 Peerless profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Peerless 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.