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Alder Gulch at Big Sky Resort

Expert · 346 m long with 240 m of vertical, averaging 35° and 39° at its steepest, facing N.

39°steepest 50 m
35°average pitch
346 mlength
240 mvertical
2966 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Alder Gulch 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 Alder Gulch

Lifts that reach the top: Headwaters 2 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 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 advanced trail (advanced)
  6. Ski Alder Gulch (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Stillwater Traverse, Cold Spring, Stillwater Bowl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Headwaters 2 (1 min), Lone Tree 4 (1 min), Iron Horse 4 (6 min).

See Alder Gulch 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.