Double black Aspen Highlands, CO
Lower Stein drops 509 vertical feet over 1,841 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 720 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 18°, Lower Stein gets about 44% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 8,800 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.