Double black Aspen Highlands, CO
Deception drops 663 vertical feet over 1,506 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 1,270 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 27°, Deception gets about 51% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 11,200 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.