Black diamond Aspen Mountain, CO
Face of Bell drops 484 vertical feet over 1,271 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,020 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 92nd steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 23°, Face of Bell gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th shadiest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 10,400 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.