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West 5th Ave at Aspen Mountain

Intermediate · 287 m long with 91 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 27° at its steepest, facing E.

27°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
287 mlength
91 mvertical
2563 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

West 5th Ave is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to West 5th Ave

Lifts that reach the top: F.I.S. (skiing easy 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 24 minutes, intermediate 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 West 5th Ave (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Schuss Gully.

See West 5th Ave 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.