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Strawpile at Aspen Mountain

Intermediate · 255 m long with 107 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 26° at its steepest, facing NE.

26°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
255 mlength
107 mvertical
2692 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Strawpile

Lifts that reach the top: F.I.S. (skiing easy terrain to get there); Ruthie's (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 28 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen
  2. Ski 1 & 2 Leaf (intermediate)
  3. Ski Silver Dip (intermediate)
  4. Ski Deer Park (intermediate)
  5. Ski Tortilla Flats (intermediate)
  6. Ski Spar Gulch (intermediate)
  7. Ride F.I.S.
  8. Ski Ruthie's Run (intermediate)
  9. Ski America's Downhill
  10. Ski Summer Road (intermediate)
  11. Ski Strawpile (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins E. 5th Ave, Tower Ten Road, America's Downhill. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Nell Bell Express (3 min), Silver Queen (3 min).

See Strawpile 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.