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5th Gully at Big Sky Resort

Extreme · 201 m long with 185 m of vertical, averaging 43° and 48° at its steepest, facing NE.

48°steepest 50 m
43°average pitch
201 mlength
185 mvertical
3145 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

5th Gully is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to 5th Gully

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

From the base area (about 26 minutes, freeride 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 unnamed expert trail (expert)
  19. Ski 5th Gully (extreme)

Where it ends

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

See 5th 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.