Black diamond Aspen Highlands, CO
North Fork drops 1,208 vertical feet over 4,424 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 2,730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 70th steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 16°, North Fork gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 11,160 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.