Double black Aspen Highlands, CO
Boomerang Woods drops 346 vertical feet over 927 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 500 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 51st steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 22°, Boomerang Woods gets about 102% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 10,720 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.