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West Snowbird

Black diamond Breckenridge, CO

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical772 ft
Length2,576 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesSE
Top11,898 ft

West Snowbird drops 772 vertical feet over 2,576 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,380 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 84th steepest of 207 named runs at Breckenridge. It faces southeast.

How well West Snowbird holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 18°, West Snowbird gets about 123% of the winter sun that flat ground at Breckenridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th sunniest named run at Breckenridge. Its top sits at 11,900 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.

West Snowbird profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like West Snowbird 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.