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Puma Bowl

Black diamond Keystone, CO

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical445 ft
Length1,429 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesSW
Top12,069 ft

Puma Bowl drops 445 vertical feet over 1,429 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 1,060 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces southwest.

How well Puma Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 18°, Puma Bowl gets about 126% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 12,070 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.

Puma Bowl profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Puma Bowl 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.