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West 5th Ave

Blue Aspen Mountain, CO

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical301 ft
Length991 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesE
Top8,410 ft

West 5th Ave drops 301 vertical feet over 991 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 92nd steepest of 139 named runs at Aspen Mountain. It faces east.

How well West 5th Ave holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 18°, West 5th Ave gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Aspen Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th sunniest named run at Aspen Mountain. Its top sits at 8,410 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

West 5th Ave profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like West 5th Ave elsewhere

Nearby at Aspen Mountain

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.