Black diamond Keystone, CO
sampler drops 50 vertical feet over 621 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 115th steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 5°, sampler gets about 53% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 11,000 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.