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Blue Moon at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 1797 m long with 261 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 21° at its steepest, facing NE.

21°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
1797 mlength
261 mvertical
2681 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Blue Moon

Lifts that reach the top: Explorer Gondola Upper (skiing easy terrain to get there); Swift Current 6 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Powder Seeker 6 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Shedhorn 4 - High Speed (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing expert terrain to get there); Headwaters 2 (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 29 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Thunder Wolf
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Pacifier (easy)
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ride Swift Current 6
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ski Jay Walk (easy)
  8. Ski White Wing (easy)
  9. Ski Blue Moon (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Powder River, Pony Express, SA Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Iron Horse 4 (1 min), Pony Express 3 (1 min), Cascade 3 (4 min).

See Blue Moon 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.