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Screaming Left

Black diamond Big Sky, MT

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical624 ft
Length2,447 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSE
Top9,714 ft

Screaming Left drops 624 vertical feet over 2,447 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 135th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces southeast.

How well Screaming Left holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 15°, Screaming Left gets about 145% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's sunnier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th sunniest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 9,710 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.

Screaming Left profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Screaming Left 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.