Deepwater Bowl at Big Sky Resort
Extreme · 1783 m long with 241 m of vertical, averaging 8° and — at its steepest, facing NW.
—steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
1783 mlength
241 mvertical
3037 mtop elevation
NWfaces
Snow and sun
Deepwater Bowl is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.
How to get to Deepwater Bowl
Lifts that reach the top: Lone Peak Tram (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Headwaters 2 (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing freeride terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 17 minutes, freeride skiing needed):
- Ride Madison 8
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Lazy Jack (easy)
- Ride Headwaters 2
- Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
- Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
- Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
- Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
- Ski Three Moons (expert)
- Ski Headwaters Hiking Area (extreme)
- Ski Deepwater Bowl (extreme)
Where it ends
Joins Headwaters Hiking Area, unnamed expert trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lone Tree 4 (3 min), Headwaters 2 (3 min), Powder Seeker 6 (5 min).
See Deepwater Bowl 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.