Never at Vail Ski Resort

Advanced · 469 m long with 208 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 35° at its steepest, facing NE.

Snow and sun

Never is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Never

No lift-served path appears in the map data: it may be hike-to, gated, or mapped separately.

Where it ends

Joins Sundown Catwalk, Forever. Nearest lifts from the bottom: High Noon Express Lift (2 min), Sun Down Express (2 min).

What people say

searched 412 ski areas in North America. (Mostly in the US) and came up with this handy little spreadsheet. I've made it so anyone with a link can leave a comment, so if you see I've made a mistake, feel free to correct me. Results: There are nearly 75 ski areas I could walk out my front door and never sit in a perso…
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rted a family of his own and decided to bring his skills, along with his wife and two young children, to Colorado. They arrived in the summer of 1969. “I woke up, saw the mountains, the flowers, the trees and I said, ‘I’ll never leave here again,’” he said. Before gathering the small crowd of revelers with nothing more…
— Vail Oktoberfest Starts This Weekend; Mainstay Bavarian Helmut Fricker Still Performing at Age 90

ond they came out. Like the MTN’s, I have about three pairs jumping around between skis. I love that they offer a little bit of heel elasticity and dampening from the spring-loaded heel unit. The ski-feel is solid. And I have yet to unexpectedly release from a pair. Though I’ve seen it happen, I’ve never broken the pla…
— The Backcountry Skis Worth Your Turns