Double black Aspen Mountain, CO
Cone 1 drops 579 vertical feet over 1,170 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 30°, Cone 1 gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 9,680 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.
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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.