Blue Aspen Highlands, CO
Heather-Bedlam drops 478 vertical feet over 1,522 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 650 feet below the top. That's steeper than 80% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 79th steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 18°, Heather-Bedlam gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's shadier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 35th shadiest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 10,600 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.