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Wildfire

Black diamond Keystone, CO

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical926 ft
Length3,095 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesSW
Top11,770 ft

Wildfire drops 926 vertical feet over 3,095 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,210 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 140 named runs at Keystone. It faces southwest.

How well Wildfire holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 18°, Wildfire gets about 119% of the winter sun that flat ground at Keystone does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th sunniest named run at Keystone. Its top sits at 11,770 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.

Wildfire profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wildfire 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.