Double black Aspen Highlands, CO
White Kitchen drops 1,183 vertical feet over 2,216 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 33°, White Kitchen gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's shadier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 77th shadiest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 12,300 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.