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Spillway

Blue Keystone, CO

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical894 ft
Length2,919 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesS
Top11,639 ft

Spillway drops 894 vertical feet over 2,919 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 2,470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 65th steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces south.

How well Spillway holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 18°, Spillway gets about 135% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's sunnier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 11,640 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.

Spillway profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Spillway 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.