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Nebraska

Black diamond Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical236 ft
Length962 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top8,809 ft

Nebraska drops 236 vertical feet over 962 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 760 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 114th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces east.

How well Nebraska holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 14°, Nebraska gets about 114% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 80th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,810 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Nebraska profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Nebraska elsewhere

Nearby at Big Sky

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.