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Jaws at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 458 m long with 83 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 16° at its steepest, facing N.

16°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
458 mlength
83 mvertical
2467 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Jaws

Lifts that reach the top: Pony Express 3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Iron Horse 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Madison 8 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Headwaters 2 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Lone Tree 4 (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 7 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Fast Lane (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lazy Jack (easy)
  5. Ski Powder River (intermediate)
  6. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  7. Ski Cinnabar (easy)
  8. Ski Jaws (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Community Matters. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed magic carpet (3 min), Jayhawk (3 min), unnamed magic carpet (3 min).

See Jaws 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.