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Aspen Highlands

3,502 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 8,073 ft to a summit of 11,575 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 8 five-hundred-foot bands.

3,502
ft vertical
8,073
ft base
11,575
ft summit
6
uphill lifts
995
footprint acres

The column

8 bands · base to summit
8,000–8,500103 ac · 14.0° · SSW284 mm
8,500–9,00084 ac · 26.0° · S289 mm
9,000–9,500216 ac · 26.6° · ESE303 mm
9,500–10,000296 ac · 23.3° · ESE311 mm
10,000–10,500148 ac · 26.6° · ESE313 mm
10,500–11,000108 ac · 24.4° · ESE313 mm
11,000–11,50038 ac · 29.8° · ESE349 mm
11,500–12,0002 ac · 21.2° · ESE377 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
8
All lifts
6
Lift length
9.4 km
Steepest band
29.8°
Operator
—
Coordinates
39.1630, -106.8619

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
8,000–8,50010314.0easierSSW207284
8,500–9,0008426.0most difficultS177289
9,000–9,50021626.6most difficultESE123303
9,500–10,00029623.3more difficultESE115311
10,000–10,50014826.6most difficultESE107313
10,500–11,00010824.4more difficultESE105313
11,000–11,5003829.8most difficultESE103349
11,500–12,000221.2more difficultESE102377

Slope and aspect are the Horn 3×3 method on a ~13 m DEM. A band's aspect is the direction of the mean unit vector, not the mean of the angles. NDJFM mm is the PRISM 1991–2020 November–March precipitation normal at that height — liquid equivalent, not snow depth.

How this mountain gets scored

the verification station
Castle Peak SNOTEL (1326:CO:SNTL) is 18.1 km away at 11,510 ft — 65 ft below this summit. It reports hourly precipitation, snow water equivalent and temperature at a surveyed elevation, which is the only truth at height that does not have to be interpolated first. Forecasts for this mountain will be scored there, and the score published whether or not it flatters.

Nearby

Aspen Mountain 4 km Buttermilk 4 km Pines Lower 7 km Aspen Snowmass 9 km Crested Butte Mountain Resort 30 km Sunlight Mountain Resort 48 km

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