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Congo at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 347 m long with 133 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 23° at its steepest, facing NW.

23°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
347 mlength
133 mvertical
2599 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Congo

Lifts that reach the top: Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Thunder Wolf (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Southern Comfort (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 9 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Thunder Wolf
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Hangman's (intermediate)
  4. Ski Safari (intermediate)
  5. Ski Congo (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Safari, Congo Line. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (3 min), Swift Current 6 (3 min), unnamed magic carpet (4 min).

See Congo 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.