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Le Chamonix

Black diamond Aspen Highlands, CO

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical152 ft
Length503 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesE
Top10,295 ft

Le Chamonix drops 152 vertical feet over 503 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 460 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 57th steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces east.

How well Le Chamonix holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 18°, Le Chamonix gets about 114% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 10,300 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Le Chamonix profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Le Chamonix elsewhere

Nearby at Aspen Highlands

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.