Aspen, Colorado · United States · ski area
Aspen Highlands ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Aspen Highlands is a ski area in Aspen, Colorado, United States with 43 km of mapped downhill runs and 6 lifts, between 2,466 m and 3,527 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 43 km
- Lifts
- 6
- Top elevation
- 3,527 m
- Vertical drop
- 1,061 m
- Nearest airport
- ASE · 6.6 km
Slopes by difficulty
76 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 6 Chairlifts
Aspen Highlands is a ski area in Aspen, Colorado, the United States. Its 76 mapped downhill runs add up to 43 km, which ranks it #56 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 567 m long.
Slopes at Aspen Highlands
About 0% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 59% intermediate and 41% advanced or expert, which makes Aspen Highlands best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 6 lifts: 6 chairlifts. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,466 m up to 3,527 m, a vertical drop of 1,061 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Aspen Highlands
The nearest airport is Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE), about 7 km away in a straight line — roughly 9 minutes by car; Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) is 53 km away. Nearby ski areas include Buttermilk (40.1 km), Aspen Mountain (59.1 km), Aspen Snowmass (119.9 km) and Crested Butte Mountain Resort (55.8 km), which together add 275 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Aspen Highlands
- 1Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)ASE6.6 kmstraight lineAspen, United States
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- 2Eagle County Regional AirportEGE53 kmstraight lineEagle, United States
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- 3 GUC70 kmstraight line
- 4 MTJ115 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Aspen Highlands
- 3 kmButtermilk40 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 3,011 m
- 4 kmAspen Mountain59 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 3,431 m
- 9 kmAspen Snowmass120 km of slopes · 19 lifts · up to 3,815 m
- 30 kmCrested Butte Mountain Resort56 km of slopes · 15 lifts · up to 3,488 m
- 34 kmCrested Butte Nordicup to 2,888 m
- 38 kmIrwin Lodge SnowcatSmall ski area
- 43 kmSpring Gulch Trail Systemup to 2,527 m
- 44 kmMount Massive Golf Courseup to 2,968 m
- 48 kmSunlight Mountain Resort37 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 3,002 m
- 49 kmDutch Henry Ski Hill0.6 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 3,056 m
- 49 kmLeadville Town Trailsup to 3,235 m
- 52 kmTennessee Passup to 3,298 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.