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Middle Snowbird

Black diamond Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical821 ft
Length2,720 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesSE
Top11,904 ft

Middle Snowbird drops 821 vertical feet over 2,720 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,230 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 83rd steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces southeast.

How well Middle Snowbird holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 18°, Middle Snowbird gets about 117% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 11,900 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Middle Snowbird profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Middle Snowbird 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.