Black diamond Aspen Highlands, CO
Powder Bowl drops 425 vertical feet over 1,303 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 770 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 45th steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 19°, Powder Bowl gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th shadiest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 8,790 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.