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Why Knot at Aspen Highlands

Advanced · 145 m long with 71 m of vertical, averaging 26° and 35° at its steepest, facing W.

35°steepest 50 m
26°average pitch
145 mlength
71 mvertical
3267 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Why Knot is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

Grooming: mogul. Moguls.

How to get to Why Knot

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

From the base area (about 21 minutes, advanced 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 Lower Olympic (intermediate)
  8. Ski Why Knot (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Olymic Bowl Exit. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Cloud Nine (5 min), Thunderbowl (10 min), Exhibition (10 min).

See Why Knot 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.