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K1 Return at Big Sky Resort

Easy · 1803 m long with 184 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 12° at its steepest, facing E.

12°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
1803 mlength
184 mvertical
2448 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

K1 Return is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to K1 Return

Lifts that reach the top: Sacajawea 3 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Lewis and Clark 4 - High Speed (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 13 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Cabin 3
  2. Ride Lewis and Clark 4 - High Speed
  3. Ski K1 Return (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Clubhouse Loop, Take a Bough. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lewis and Clark 4 - High Speed (2 min), S7 (2 min), S8 (2 min).

See K1 Return 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.