Double black Aspen Highlands, CO
Grand Reverse drops 448 vertical feet over 4,459 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 2,870 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 8°, Grand Reverse gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 10,300 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.