Double black (extreme) Breckenridge, CO
respite drops 544 vertical feet over 1,177 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 50th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 28°, respite gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 39th sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 12,380 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.
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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.