Black diamond Aspen Highlands, CO
Middle Fork drops 658 vertical feet over 2,264 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 340 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 68th steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Middle Fork 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 62nd shadiest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 10,610 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.