Blue Aspen Mountain, CO
Strawpile drops 349 vertical feet over 904 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 104th steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 23°, Strawpile gets about 57% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th shadiest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 8,830 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.