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Thorne

Blue Keystone, CO

Steepest pitch10°
Vertical83 ft
Length852 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesN
Top11,333 ft

Thorne drops 83 vertical feet over 852 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 10° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 3% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 140th steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces north.

How well Thorne holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 6°, Thorne gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's sunnier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 58th sunniest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 11,330 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Thorne profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Thorne 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.