Blue Aspen Mountain, CO
Ruthie's Run drops 1,474 vertical feet over 5,817 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 4,470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 69th steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 15°, Ruthie's Run gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 48th 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.