Blue Aspen Highlands, CO
Smuggler drops 236 vertical feet over 827 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 67th steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 17°, Smuggler gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 50th shadiest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 8,350 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.