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Porcupine

Blue Keystone, CO

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical1,099 ft
Length3,573 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesW
Top11,714 ft

Porcupine drops 1,099 vertical feet over 3,573 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 1,810 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 72nd steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces west.

How well Porcupine holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 18°, Porcupine gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th sunniest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 11,710 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.

Porcupine profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Porcupine 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.