Double black Aspen Mountain, CO
The Shaft drops 568 vertical feet over 1,433 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 610 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, The Shaft gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 67th shadiest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 11,210 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.