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Gator Way at Big Sky Resort

Easy · 654 m long with 36 m of vertical, averaging 3° and 6° at its steepest, facing NE.

6°steepest 50 m
3°average pitch
654 mlength
36 mvertical
2292 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Gator Way is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Gator Way

Lifts that reach the top: Pull-Up (skiing easy terrain to get there); Tweener (skiing easy terrain to get there); Lewis and Clark 4 - High Speed (skiing easy terrain to get there); Sacajawea 3 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Homer (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 17 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Cabin 3
  2. Ride Lewis and Clark 4 - High Speed
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski K1 Return (easy)
  5. Ski High Tide (easy)
  6. Ski Gator Way (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Clubhouse Loop, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: S8 (1 min), Lewis and Clark 4 - High Speed (1 min), S7 (2 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.