Colter's Hell at Big Sky Resort
Advanced · 416 m long with 147 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 24° at its steepest, facing N.
24°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
416 mlength
147 mvertical
2505 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Colter's Hell is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Colter's Hell
Lifts that reach the top: Thunder Wolf (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Southern Comfort (skiing advanced terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 10 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Thunder Wolf
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Tippy's Tumble (intermediate)
- Ski War Dance (advanced)
- Ski Colter's Hell (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins unnamed intermediate trail, unnamed advanced trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Bear Back Poma (2 min), Swift Current 6 (2 min), Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (2 min).
See Colter's Hell on the 3D mapAll runs at Big Sky ResortMeasured 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.