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Hanging Tree at Aspen Mountain

Advanced · 200 m long with 94 m of vertical, averaging 25° and 31° at its steepest, facing W.

31°steepest 50 m
25°average pitch
200 mlength
94 mvertical
3177 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: mogul. Moguls.

How to get to Hanging Tree

Lifts that reach the top: 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 18 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen
  2. Ski 1 & 2 Leaf (intermediate)
  3. Ski Back of Bell Cutt-off (intermediate)
  4. Ski Face of Bell Cut-off (intermediate)
  5. Ski Hanging Tree (advanced)

Where it ends

Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ajax Express (1 min), F.I.S. (3 min), Nell Bell Express (8 min).

See Hanging Tree 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.