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Bad Dog at Big Sky Resort

Advanced · 543 m long with 161 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 26° at its steepest, facing NE.

26°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
543 mlength
161 mvertical
2600 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Bad Dog

Lifts that reach the top: Iron Horse 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Madison 8 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Headwaters 2 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Lone Tree 4 (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Fast Lane (intermediate)
  4. Ski Bad Dog (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Blue Moon, Riffle. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Iron Horse 4 (1 min), Pony Express 3 (2 min), Cascade 3 (5 min).

See Bad Dog 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.