CAPT OF A BEECH JET 400; (BE40); INADVERTENTLY TURNED THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION DURING A SID DEP IN HIGH MOUNTAINOUS AREA ARPT. ARTCC RADAR CTLR NOTICED THE ERROR AND INTERVENED TO DIRECT THE RPTR BACK THE CORRECT DIRECTION.

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ON DEP FROM EGE; WE WERE CLRED VIA THE PUBLISHED IFR DEP PROC FOR RWY 25. AFTER LIFT-OFF WE MAINTAINED A 215 DEG HDG AS PER THE PROC. UPON MAKING THE SECOND TURN; WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TO THE R; I INADVERTENTLY TURNED L. MY SIC RECOGNIZED MY ERROR THE SAME TIME THAT ATC CTLRS DID. WE WERE ADVISED TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE R TURN TO AVOID ASPEN APCH AIRSPACE. WE COMPLIED IMMEDIATELY. THE WRONG TURN AND FOLLOWING CONFUSION CAUSED A MOMENTARY BREAKDOWN IN CREW COORD; NAV; ETC. FACTS: THE DEP PROC WAS SET UP AND BRIEFED TWICE PRIOR TO PAX ARR. DEP WAS BRIEFED AGAIN IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO DEP. SIC WAS ADVISED TO READ EACH STEP AS WE FLEW THE PROC. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: LACK OF PLAIN VIEW DIAGRAM TO INSURE CREW HAD PROPER VISUALIZATION OF THE PROC TO BE FLOWN. PROC WAS TYPED WITH VERY SMALL PRINT; ABOUT THE SIZE OF A CLASSIFIED AD. CAPT'S INABILITY TO PROPERLY VISUALIZE PROC TO BE FLOWN. TASK SATURATION OF CREW DURING A CRITICAL PHASE OF FLT. ABNORMAL STRESS ASSOCIATED WITH PLANNING/FLYING AN ACFT IN HIGH/HOT/HVY CONDITIONS IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. DISTRACTIONS CAUSED BY PAX (CHILDREN) IN THE CABIN OF THE ACFT. 2 PLTS FLYING TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME. AFTERWARDS I LEARNED THAT PLTS AND CTLRS ALIKE HAVE COMPLAINED THAT THIS PROC IS EASY TO MESS UP. I BELIEVE A PUBLISHED SID WITH A PLAIN VIEW DIAGRAM WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE SOME POTENTIAL FOR PLT ERROR IN FLYING THIS PROC. ASPEN'S SIDS COULD BE USED AS A MODEL FOR ESTABLISHING A SID FOR EAGLE.