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3rd Gully at Big Sky Resort

Expert · 269 m long with 231 m of vertical, averaging 41° and 46° at its steepest, facing E.

46°steepest 50 m
41°average pitch
269 mlength
231 mvertical
3195 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

3rd Gully is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to 3rd 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 3rd Gully (expert)

Where it ends

Joins 4th Gully, Turkey Traverse, The Bowl, 2nd Gully. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Powder Seeker 6 (2 min), Explorer Gondola Upper (6 min), Challenger 3 (7 min).

See 3rd 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.