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Milky Way at Big Rock

Intermediate · 514 m long with 92 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 17° at its steepest, facing SW.

17°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
514 mlength
92 mvertical
295 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Milky Way is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

How to get to Milky Way

Lifts that reach the top: North Star Double (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sunrise (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride North Star Double
  2. Ski Elbow (intermediate)
  3. Ski Family Trail (intermediate)
  4. Ski Milky Way (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Comet. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sunrise (1 min), North Star Double (1 min), Space Walk (1 min).

See Milky Way on the 3D mapAll runs at Big Rock
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.