Blue Aspen Mountain, CO
North American drops 467 vertical feet over 1,840 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 111th steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, North American gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 62nd shadiest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 10,700 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.