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Bighorn

Blue Keystone, CO

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical1,099 ft
Length3,768 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesW
Top11,660 ft

Bighorn drops 1,099 vertical feet over 3,768 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 1,940 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 79th steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces west.

How well Bighorn holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 17°, Bighorn gets about 105% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th sunniest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 11,660 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.

Bighorn profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bighorn elsewhere

Nearby at Keystone

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.