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Lower Corkscrew

Blue Aspen Mountain, CO

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical140 ft
Length337 ft
Average pitch25°
FacesN
Top8,348 ft

Lower Corkscrew drops 140 vertical feet over 337 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 98% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 75th steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces north.

How well Lower Corkscrew holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 25°, Lower Corkscrew gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 8,350 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.

Lower Corkscrew profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Corkscrew elsewhere

Nearby at Aspen Mountain

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.