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Sizzler

Black diamond Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical222 ft
Length947 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top11,245 ft

Sizzler drops 222 vertical feet over 947 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 60 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 104th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces east.

How well Sizzler holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 14°, Sizzler gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 49th sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 11,250 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.

Sizzler profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sizzler 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.