Blue Keystone, CO
Wichita drops 916 vertical feet over 4,334 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 3,970 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 46th steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 12°, Wichita gets about 103% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st sunniest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 12,290 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.