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Firehole at Big Sky Resort

Expert · 450 m long with 321 m of vertical, averaging 35° and 41° at its steepest, facing N.

41°steepest 50 m
35°average pitch
450 mlength
321 mvertical
3039 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Firehole 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 Firehole

Lifts that reach the top: Headwaters 2 (skiing expert terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 17 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 expert trail (expert)
  6. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  7. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  8. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  9. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  10. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  11. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  12. Ski Firehole (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Meriwether, Stillwater Traverse, unnamed expert trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lone Tree 4 (1 min), Headwaters 2 (2 min), Madison 8 (7 min).

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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.