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1st Gully at Big Sky Resort

Expert · 264 m long with 213 m of vertical, averaging 39° and 45° at its steepest, facing E.

45°steepest 50 m
39°average pitch
264 mlength
213 mvertical
3181 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

1st Gully is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to 1st Gully

Lifts that reach the top: Lone Peak Tram (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 26 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Lazy Jack (easy)
  4. Ride Headwaters 2
  5. Ski unnamed trail
  6. Ski Highway (advanced)
  7. Ski White Wing (easy)
  8. Ski Lois Lane (easy)
  9. Ride Explorer Gondola Upper
  10. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  11. Ride Lone Peak Tram
  12. Ski Yeti Traverse (advanced)
  13. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  14. Ski Liberty Bowl (expert)
  15. Ski Yeti Traverse (advanced)
  16. Ski Marx (expert)
  17. Ski The Gullies Traverse (expert)
  18. Ski 1st Gully (expert)

Where it ends

Joins The Bowl, Turkey Traverse. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Powder Seeker 6 (2 min), Explorer Gondola Upper (6 min), Challenger 3 (7 min).

See 1st Gully 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.