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The Glades

Black diamond Keystone, CO

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical1,196 ft
Length2,799 ft
Average pitch25°
FacesW
Top11,576 ft

The Glades drops 1,196 vertical feet over 2,799 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,940 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces west.

How well The Glades holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 25°, The Glades gets about 106% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th sunniest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 11,580 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.

The Glades profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Glades 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.