Double black Aspen Highlands, CO
Lower Golden Horn #2 drops 383 vertical feet over 827 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 410 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 28°, Lower Golden Horn #2 gets about 58% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st shadiest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 8,900 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.