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Hells Half Face at Big Sky Resort

Advanced · 375 m long with 267 m of vertical, averaging 35° and 48° at its steepest, facing N.

48°steepest 50 m
35°average pitch
375 mlength
267 mvertical
2979 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Hells Half Face is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Hells Half Face

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

From the base area (about 19 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 unnamed expert trail (expert)
  6. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  7. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  8. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  9. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  10. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  11. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  12. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  13. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  14. Ski Hellroaring (expert)
  15. Ski Hells Half Face (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Stillwater Traverse, unnamed advanced trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lone Tree 4 (1 min), Madison 8 (7 min), Derringer 4 (7 min).

See Hells Half Face 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.