Big Sky Resort

4,312 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 6,822 ft to a summit of 11,134 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 10 five-hundred-foot bands.

4,312

ft vertical

6,822

ft base

11,134

ft summit

uphill lifts

8,645

footprint acres

The column

10 bands · base to summit

6,500–7,00070 ac · 10.9° · E287 mm

7,000–7,5001,153 ac · 12.9° · SE341 mm

7,500–8,0003,034 ac · 12.7° · ESE347 mm

8,000–8,5002,247 ac · 14.9° · E351 mm

8,500–9,0001,290 ac · 16.4° · ENE357 mm

9,000–9,500444 ac · 24.2° · ENE379 mm

9,500–10,000264 ac · 31.2° · ENE379 mm

10,000–10,500104 ac · 36.2° · ENE397 mm

10,500–11,00035 ac · 39.2° · ENE397 mm

11,000–11,5005 ac · 30.8° · NE397 mm

under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation

Bands: 10
All lifts: 40
Lift length: 32.7 km
Steepest band: 39.2°
Operator: Boyne Resorts
Coordinates: 45.2814, -111.4099

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal

Band (ft)	Acres	Slope°	Rating	Aspect	Deg	NDJFM mm
6,500–7,000	70	10.9	easier	E	99	287
7,000–7,500	1,153	12.9	easier	SE	133	341
7,500–8,000	3,034	12.7	easier	ESE	115	347
8,000–8,500	2,247	14.9	easier	E	92	351
8,500–9,000	1,290	16.4	more difficult	ENE	71	357
9,000–9,500	444	24.2	more difficult	ENE	59	379
9,500–10,000	264	31.2	most difficult	ENE	65	379
10,000–10,500	104	36.2	expert	ENE	67	397
10,500–11,000	35	39.2	expert	ENE	62	397
11,000–11,500	5	30.8	most difficult	NE	53	397

Slope and aspect are the Horn 3×3 method on a ~13 m DEM. A band's aspect is the direction of the mean unit vector, not the mean of the angles. NDJFM mm is the PRISM 1991–2020 November–March precipitation normal at that height — liquid equivalent, not snow depth.

How this mountain gets scored

the verification station

Lone Mountain SNOTEL (590:MT:SNTL) is 1.6 km away at 8,820 ft — 2,314 ft below this summit. It reports hourly precipitation, snow water equivalent and temperature at a surveyed elevation, which is the only truth at height that does not have to be interpolated first. Forecasts for this mountain will be scored there, and the score published whether or not it flatters.

Nearby

Yellowstone Club 5 km Bear Canyon 52 km Bridger Bowl 71 km

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Big Sky Resort

The column

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How this mountain gets scored

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