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Quandry

Black diamond Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical459 ft
Length1,081 ft
Average pitch25°
FacesSE
Top11,869 ft

Quandry drops 459 vertical feet over 1,081 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 610 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 77th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces southeast.

How well Quandry holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 25°, Quandry gets about 142% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 11,870 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.

Quandry profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Quandry 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.