Double black Aspen Mountain, CO
Lower Kristi drops 226 vertical feet over 542 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 110 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 87th steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 25°, Lower Kristi gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th sunniest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 10,430 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.