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Headwaters Hiking Area at Big Sky Resort

Extreme · 2012 m long with 357 m of vertical, averaging 10° and — at its steepest, facing NE.

—steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
2012 mlength
357 mvertical
3136 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Headwaters Hiking Area 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 Hiking Area

Lifts that reach the top: Lone Tree 4 (skiing expert terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing expert terrain to get there); Headwaters 2 (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Highline (advanced)
  4. Ski Meriwether (intermediate)
  5. Ski Stillwater Traverse (intermediate)
  6. Ride Lone Tree 4
  7. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  8. Ski Headwaters Hiking Area (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins A-Z Chutes, Three Moons, unnamed expert trail, Three Forks. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lone Tree 4 (2 min), Headwaters 2 (2 min), Powder Seeker 6 (2 min).

See Headwaters Hiking Area 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.