Black diamond Vail, CO
Never drops 688 vertical feet over 1,710 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 1,520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 87% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 24°, Never gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 65th sunniest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 10,280 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.