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Headwaters Bowl at Big Sky Resort

Expert · 396 m long with 209 m of vertical, averaging 28° and 35° at its steepest, facing N.

35°steepest 50 m
28°average pitch
396 mlength
209 mvertical
2962 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Headwaters Bowl 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 Headwaters Bowl

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

From the base area (about 7 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 Headwaters Bowl (expert)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed expert trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Headwaters 2 (1 min), Lone Tree 4 (2 min), Iron Horse 4 (5 min).

See Headwaters Bowl 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.