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Mine Shaft

Double black Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical537 ft
Length1,379 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesNW
Top11,133 ft

Mine Shaft drops 537 vertical feet over 1,379 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 30% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 89th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces northwest.

How well Mine Shaft holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northwest at an average 23°, Mine Shaft gets about 57% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 11,130 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.

Mine Shaft profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Mine Shaft 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.