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Breakaway

Black diamond Killington, VT

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical498 ft
Length1,866 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesSE
Top3,678 ft

Breakaway drops 498 vertical feet over 1,866 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,380 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces southeast.

How well Breakaway holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 16°, Breakaway gets about 130% of the winter sun that flat ground at Killington does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 3,680 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.

Breakaway profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Breakaway elsewhere

Nearby at Killington

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.