Double black Aspen Mountain, CO
Rayburn's drops 592 vertical feet over 1,128 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 41° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 75% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 32°, Rayburn's gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 9,560 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.