Double black Aspen Mountain, CO
Papa Bear drops 585 vertical feet over 1,516 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 700 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 23°, Papa Bear gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th sunniest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 11,220 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.