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Buffalo Jump at Big Sky Resort

Advanced · 880 m long with 240 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 34° at its steepest, facing NE.

34°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
880 mlength
240 mvertical
2709 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Buffalo Jump

Lifts that reach the top: Swift Current 6 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Explorer Gondola Upper (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Shedhorn 4 - High Speed (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Lone Peak Tram (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 20 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Fast Lane (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lone Wolf (easy)
  5. Ski Chet's Knob (intermediate)
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ride Swift Current 6
  8. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  9. Ski Jay Walk (easy)
  10. Ski Calamity Jane (intermediate)
  11. Ski Buffalo Jump (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins White Magic, Crazy Horse. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Swift Current 6 (3 min), Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (4 min), unnamed magic carpet (4 min).

See Buffalo Jump 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.