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Horseshoe at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 4348 m long with 608 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 21° at its steepest, facing N.

21°steepest 50 m

8°average pitch

4348 mlength

608 mvertical

2794 mtop elevation

Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Horseshoe

Lifts that reach the top: Lone Tree 4 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Moonlight West Lift 1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Moonlight West Lift 2 (skiing expert terrain to get there); Lone Peak Tram (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Headwaters 2 (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing freeride terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

Ride Moonlight West Lift 1
Ski Horseshoe (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Meriwether, Dodgeball, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Madison 8 (1 min), Derringer 4 (1 min).

See Horseshoe on the 3D map All 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.