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South Bowl Trees

Black diamond Keystone, CO

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical778 ft
Length2,656 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesSW
Top11,876 ft

South Bowl Trees drops 778 vertical feet over 2,656 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 82nd steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces southwest.

How well South Bowl Trees holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 17°, South Bowl Trees gets about 134% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 11,880 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.

South Bowl Trees profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like South Bowl Trees 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.