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Butch's Breezeway

Blue Winter Park, CO

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical643 ft
Length3,166 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top10,154 ft

Butch's Breezeway drops 643 vertical feet over 3,166 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 2,340 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 107th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces northeast.

How well Butch's Breezeway holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Butch's Breezeway gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 72nd sunniest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 10,150 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Butch's Breezeway profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Butch's Breezeway elsewhere

Nearby at Winter Park

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.