Double black Aspen Highlands, CO
Hyde Park drops 776 vertical feet over 2,058 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 870 feet below the top. That's steeper than 25% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 56th steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 22°, Hyde Park gets about 97% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's sunnier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th sunniest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 11,710 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.