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Cold Spring at Big Sky Resort

Expert · 338 m long with 233 m of vertical, averaging 35° and 39° at its steepest, facing N.

39°steepest 50 m
35°average pitch
338 mlength
233 mvertical
2958 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Cold Spring

Lifts that reach the top: Headwaters 2 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Lazy Jack (easy)
  4. Ride Headwaters 2
  5. Ski unnamed advanced trail (advanced)
  6. Ski Cold Spring (expert)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed expert trail, Stillwater Traverse, Alder Gulch, Stillwater Bowl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Headwaters 2 (1 min), Lone Tree 4 (1 min), Iron Horse 4 (6 min).

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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.