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Coulee at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 513 m long with 86 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 17° at its steepest, facing N.

17°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
513 mlength
86 mvertical
2300 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Coulee

Lifts that reach the top: Lone Tree 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Madison 8 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Headwaters 2 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Lone Peak Tram (skiing freeride terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Lazy Jack (easy)
  4. Ski Stillwater Traverse (intermediate)
  5. Ski Meriwether (intermediate)
  6. Ski Coulee (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Meriwether. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Madison 8 (1 min), Derringer 4 (1 min).

See Coulee 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.