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Prospector at Aspen Highlands

Intermediate · 560 m long with 74 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 13° at its steepest, facing NE.

13°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
560 mlength
74 mvertical
3071 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Prospector is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Prospector

Lifts that reach the top: Cloud Nine (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Loge Peak (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Deep Temerity (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 23 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Exhibition
  2. Ski Prospector (intermediate)
  3. Ski Riverside Dr. (intermediate)
  4. Ski Grouse Grove (intermediate)
  5. Ski Red Onion (intermediate)
  6. Ride Cloud Nine
  7. Ski Gunbarrel (intermediate)
  8. Ski Scarlett's Run (intermediate)
  9. Ski Heather-Bedlam (intermediate)
  10. Ski Wine Ridge (intermediate)
  11. Ski Prospector (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Prospector Gulch, T-Lazy Catwalk. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Thunderbowl (6 min), Exhibition (6 min).

See Prospector on the 3D mapAll runs at Aspen Highlands
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.