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Great Falls at Big Sky Resort

Extreme · 669 m long with 305 m of vertical, averaging 25° and 42° at its steepest, facing N.

42°steepest 50 m
25°average pitch
669 mlength
305 mvertical
3182 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Great Falls 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 Great Falls

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

From the base area (about 25 minutes, freeride 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 North Summit Snowfield (extreme)
  13. Ski Great Falls (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Rips, Deepwater Bowl, Great Falls Gully. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lone Tree 4 (6 min), Madison 8 (10 min), Derringer 4 (10 min).

See Great Falls 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.