Double black Aspen Mountain, CO
Silver Queen Ridge drops 550 vertical feet over 1,409 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 1,030 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, Silver Queen Ridge gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th shadiest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 9,570 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.