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Aspen Glo

Black diamond Brighton, UT

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical545 ft
Length1,793 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesSW
Top9,877 ft

Aspen Glo drops 545 vertical feet over 1,793 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 56% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 57 named runs at Brighton. It faces southwest.

How well Aspen Glo holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 18°, Aspen Glo gets about 118% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brighton does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Brighton. Its top sits at 9,880 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Aspen Glo profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Aspen Glo elsewhere

Nearby at Brighton

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.