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Castro's at Big Sky Resort

Extreme · 462 m long with 317 m of vertical, averaging 34° and 48° at its steepest, facing SE.

48°steepest 50 m
34°average pitch
462 mlength
317 mvertical
3226 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Castro's is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Castro's

Lifts that reach the top: Lone Peak Tram (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 25 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Lazy Jack (easy)
  4. Ride Headwaters 2
  5. Ski unnamed trail
  6. Ski Highway (advanced)
  7. Ski White Wing (easy)
  8. Ski Lois Lane (easy)
  9. Ride Explorer Gondola Upper
  10. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  11. Ride Lone Peak Tram
  12. Ski Yeti Traverse (advanced)
  13. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  14. Ski Liberty Bowl (expert)
  15. Ski Yeti Traverse (advanced)
  16. Ski Dictator Chutes (expert)
  17. Ski Castro's (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Upper Sunlight, unnamed intermediate trail, Dictator Chutes. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Dakota 3 (4 min), Shedhorn 4 - High Speed (4 min), Swift Current 6 (11 min).

See Castro's 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.