Blue Keystone, CO
Elk Run drops 1,424 vertical feet over 5,322 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 3,000 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 86th steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 16°, Elk Run gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's sunnier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 44th sunniest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 11,930 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.