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Never Sweat

Black diamond Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch35°
Vertical651 ft
Length2,349 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesSE
Top9,687 ft

Never Sweat drops 651 vertical feet over 2,349 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 110 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 74th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces southeast.

How well Never Sweat holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 16°, Never Sweat gets about 122% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 57th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 9,690 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.

Never Sweat profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Never Sweat 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.