Blue Breckenridge, CO
Pioneer drops 1,389 vertical feet over 8,002 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 4,090 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 141st steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 10°, Pioneer gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 79th sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 11,400 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.
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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.