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Wine Ridge

Blue Aspen Highlands, CO

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical533 ft
Length1,802 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesNE
Top10,461 ft

Wine Ridge drops 533 vertical feet over 1,802 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 890 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 93rd steepest of 104 named runs at Aspen Highlands. It faces northeast.

How well Wine Ridge holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 17°, Wine Ridge gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Highlands does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 48th shadiest named run at Aspen Highlands. Its top sits at 10,460 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.

Wine Ridge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wine Ridge 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.