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Ambush Glades at Big Sky Resort

Advanced · 669 m long with 187 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 23° at its steepest, facing NW.

23°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
669 mlength
187 mvertical
2553 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Ambush Glades

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 10 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

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

Where it ends

Joins Ambush. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Swift Current 6 (1 min), Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (2 min).

See Ambush Glades 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.