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Ambush at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 1150 m long with 320 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 22° at its steepest, facing NW.

22°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
1150 mlength
320 mvertical
2618 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Ambush

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

From the base area (about 9 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

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

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, Skittles Road, unnamed intermediate trail, Pacifier. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Swift Current 6 (1 min), Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (1 min).

See Ambush 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.