Double black (extreme) Keystone, CO
hidden chute drops 224 vertical feet over 732 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 18°, hidden chute gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's shadier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th shadiest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 11,350 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.