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Mosh Pit

Double black Aspen Highlands, CO

Steepest pitch41°
Vertical920 ft
Length1,845 ft
Average pitch30°
FacesE
Top11,954 ft

Mosh Pit drops 920 vertical feet over 1,845 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 41° about 190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces east.

How well Mosh Pit holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 30°, Mosh Pit gets about 106% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 11,950 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.

Mosh Pit profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Mosh Pit 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.