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Africa at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 404 m long with 149 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 25° at its steepest, facing NW.

25°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
404 mlength
149 mvertical
2598 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Africa

Lifts that reach the top: Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (skiing easy terrain to get there); Thunder Wolf (skiing easy terrain to get there); Southern Comfort (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 10 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Thunder Wolf
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Pacifier (easy)
  4. Ski Africa (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Pacifier. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (4 min), Swift Current 6 (4 min), unnamed magic carpet (5 min).

See Africa 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.