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Gun Mount at Big Sky Resort

Advanced · 336 m long with 97 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 22° at its steepest, facing NE.

22°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
336 mlength
97 mvertical
2786 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Gun Mount

Lifts that reach the top: Powder Seeker 6 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing expert terrain to get there); Headwaters 2 (skiing expert terrain to get there); Lone Peak Tram (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 27 minutes, advanced 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 unnamed easy trail (easy)
  11. Ride Powder Seeker 6
  12. Ski Morningstar (intermediate)
  13. Ski Gun Mount (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins White Wing. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Challenger 3 (3 min), Explorer Gondola Upper (3 min), Iron Horse 4 (4 min).

See Gun Mount 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.