Double black Aspen Mountain, CO
Bear Paw drops 621 vertical feet over 1,337 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 28°, Bear Paw gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 72nd shadiest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 10,340 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.