Double black Aspen Mountain, CO
Silver Rush drops 369 vertical feet over 769 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 210 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 29°, Silver Rush gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd shadiest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 9,300 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.