Double black Aspen Mountain, CO
Mike Drop drops 117 vertical feet over 273 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 64th steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 26°, Mike Drop gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 10,380 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.