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Dakota Road at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 726 m long with 124 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 14° at its steepest, facing SE.

14°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
726 mlength
124 mvertical
2716 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Dakota Road is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

How to get to Dakota Road

Lifts that reach the top: Dakota 3 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Lone Peak Tram (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 29 minutes, advanced 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 Liberty Bowl (advanced)
  14. Ski unnamed advanced trail (advanced)
  15. Ski Bavarian Forest (advanced)
  16. Ski Cardio Trio (advanced)
  17. Ski Dakota Road (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Hippy Highway, unnamed advanced trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Shedhorn 4 - High Speed (2 min).

See Dakota Road 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.