Double black (extreme) Keystone, CO
Narrow Gauge drops 811 vertical feet over 2,598 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 1,880 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 53rd steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces southwest.
Facing southwest at an average 18°, Narrow Gauge gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th sunniest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 11,660 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.
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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.