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Gun Barrel

Double black (extreme) Keystone, CO

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical1,032 ft
Length3,009 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesSW
Top11,728 ft

Gun Barrel drops 1,032 vertical feet over 3,009 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 2,700 feet below the top. That's steeper than 25% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces southwest.

How well Gun Barrel holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 20°, Gun Barrel gets about 117% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th sunniest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 11,730 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.

Gun Barrel profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gun Barrel 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.