Double black Aspen Highlands, CO
Upper Stein drops 518 vertical feet over 1,489 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 21°, Upper Stein gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 60th shadiest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 9,540 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.