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Dictator Chutes at Big Sky Resort

Expert · 776 m long with 377 m of vertical, averaging 29° and 45° at its steepest, facing SE.

45°steepest 50 m
29°average pitch
776 mlength
377 mvertical
3290 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Dictator Chutes

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

From the base area (about 25 minutes, expert 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 Dictator Chutes (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Upper Sunlight, Castro's, unnamed intermediate trail, unnamed expert trail, Liberty Bowl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Dakota 3 (4 min), Shedhorn 4 - High Speed (4 min), Swift Current 6 (11 min).

See Dictator Chutes 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.