Blue Aspen Highlands, CO
Red Onion drops 1,073 vertical feet over 5,586 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 3,760 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 99th steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 11°, Red Onion gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 51st shadiest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 10,120 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.