Drover at Big Sky Resort
Easy · 635 m long with 59 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 9° at its steepest, facing NW.
9°steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
635 mlength
59 mvertical
2466 mtop elevation
NWfaces
Snow and sun
Drover is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Drover
Lifts that reach the top: Pony Express 3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); 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 advanced terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 7 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Madison 8
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Fast Lane (intermediate)
- Ski Lazy Jack (easy)
- Ski Powder River (intermediate)
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Natawista (easy)
- Ski Drover (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Cinnabar. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed magic carpet (3 min), Jayhawk (3 min), unnamed magic carpet (3 min).
See Drover 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.