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Diamond Hitch at Big Sky Resort

Easy · 593 m long with 84 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 15° at its steepest, facing NE.

15°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
593 mlength
84 mvertical
2480 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Diamond Hitch is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Diamond Hitch

Lifts that reach the top: Iron Horse 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Madison 8 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Explorer Gondola Upper (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Swift Current 6 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Powder Seeker 6 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Shedhorn 4 - High Speed (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 5 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Fast Lane (intermediate)
  4. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  5. Ski Blue Moon (intermediate)
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ski Diamond Hitch (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Twin Tunnels. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pony Express 3 (1 min), Cascade 3 (4 min), White Otter 2 (4 min).

See Diamond Hitch on the 3D mapAll runs at Big Sky Resort
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.