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Indy Face

Black diamond Keystone, CO

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical751 ft
Length2,105 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesSW
Top12,369 ft

Indy Face drops 751 vertical feet over 2,105 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 1,100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 57th steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces southwest.

How well Indy Face holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 21°, Indy Face gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th sunniest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 12,370 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.

Indy Face profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Indy Face 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.