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The Wall

Double black Aspen Highlands, CO

Steepest pitch39°
Vertical290 ft
Length630 ft
Average pitch28°
FacesE
Top10,652 ft

The Wall drops 290 vertical feet over 630 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 65% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces east.

How well The Wall holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 28°, The Wall 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 22nd sunniest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 10,650 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.

The Wall profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Wall elsewhere

Nearby at Aspen Highlands

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.