Blue Aspen Highlands, CO
Park Avenue drops 550 vertical feet over 5,122 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 2,710 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 71st steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 6°, Park Avenue gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th shadiest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 8,950 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.