Double black Aspen Mountain, CO
Franklin Dump drops 286 vertical feet over 628 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 230 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 81st steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 27°, Franklin Dump gets about 51% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 8,650 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.