Double black Aspen Mountain, CO
Short Snort drops 604 vertical feet over 1,532 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 840 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, Short Snort gets about 64% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 40th shadiest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 10,120 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.