Forbidden Forest at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 517 m long with 117 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 24° at its steepest, facing E.

Snow and sun

Forbidden Forest is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Tree skiing (gladed).

How to get to Forbidden Forest

Lifts that reach the top: Explorer Gondola Upper (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Swift Current 6 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Powder Seeker 6 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Shedhorn 4 - High Speed (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Headwaters 2 (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 23 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

1. Ride Madison 8
2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
3. Ski Fast Lane (intermediate)
4. Ski Lone Wolf (easy)
5. Ski Chet's Knob (intermediate)
6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
7. Ride Swift Current 6
8. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
9. Ski Jay Walk (easy)
10. Ski White Wing (easy)
11. Ski Blue Moon (intermediate)
12. Ski Forbidden Forest (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Black & Blue. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Challenger 3 (1 min), Pony Express 3 (4 min), Explorer Gondola Lower (4 min).