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Mouse Trap

Double black (extreme) Keystone, CO

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical537 ft
Length1,812 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesSW
Top11,575 ft

Mouse Trap drops 537 vertical feet over 1,812 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,210 feet below the top. That's steeper than 9% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 82nd steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces southwest.

How well Mouse Trap holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 17°, Mouse Trap gets about 122% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th sunniest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 11,580 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.

Mouse Trap profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Mouse Trap 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.