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Alps

Black diamond Aspen Highlands, CO

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical246 ft
Length841 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesE
Top10,846 ft

Alps drops 246 vertical feet over 841 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 720 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 91st steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces east.

How well Alps holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 17°, Alps gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th sunniest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 10,850 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.

Alps profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Alps elsewhere

Nearby at Aspen Highlands

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.