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Daku's Dip at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 252 m long with 57 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 20° at its steepest, facing N.

20°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
252 mlength
57 mvertical
2600 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Daku's Dip is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Daku's Dip

Lifts that reach the top: Iron Horse 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 Tree 4 (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 5 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Fast Lane (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lazy Jack (easy)
  5. Ski Powder River (intermediate)
  6. Ski Daku's Dip (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, Cinnabar. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Iron Horse 4 (4 min), Madison 8 (5 min), Derringer 4 (5 min).

See Daku's Dip 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.