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needles eye at Breckenridge Ski Resort

Expert · 1443 m long with 173 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 37° at its steepest, facing N.

37°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
1443 mlength
173 mvertical
3339 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

needles eye is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry, mogul. Tree skiing (gladed). Moguls. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to needles eye

Lifts that reach the top: Chair (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Beaver Run SuperChair (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Mercury SuperChair (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Chair (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Peak 8 SuperConnect Upper (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Chair (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Beaver Run SuperChair
  2. Ski Little Burn (intermediate)
  3. Ski Gold King (intermediate)
  4. Ski Volunteer (advanced)
  5. Ski needles eye (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Tunnel, Southern Cross. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Peak 8 SuperConnect Upper (1 min), Chair (4 min), Beaver Run SuperChair (6 min).

See needles eye on the 3D mapAll runs at Breckenridge Ski Resort
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.