Blue Aspen Highlands, CO
Lower Olympic drops 255 vertical feet over 1,157 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 35% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 100th steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 13°, Lower Olympic gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 65th shadiest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 10,910 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.