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Franklin Dump at Aspen Mountain

Expert · 172 m long with 88 m of vertical, averaging 27° and 30° at its steepest, facing NE.

30°steepest 50 m
27°average pitch
172 mlength
88 mvertical
2636 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Franklin Dump

Lifts that reach the top: F.I.S. (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Ruthie's (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Ajax Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Hero's (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Silver Queen (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Nell Bell Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Silver Queen
  2. Ski 1 & 2 Leaf (intermediate)
  3. Ski Copper (intermediate)
  4. Ski Copper Bowl (intermediate)
  5. Ski Spar Gulch (intermediate)
  6. Ski Kleenex Cornner (intermediate)
  7. Ski Tower Ten Road (intermediate)
  8. Ski Franklin Dump (expert)
See Franklin Dump on the 3D mapAll runs at Aspen Mountain
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.