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Kircher's Cliffs at Big Sky Resort

Expert · 1062 m long with 221 m of vertical, averaging 12° and — at its steepest, facing S.

—steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
1062 mlength
221 mvertical
2982 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Kircher's Cliffs is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Kircher's Cliffs

Lifts that reach the top: Dakota 3 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Lone Peak Tram (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 38 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 trail
  6. Ski Highway (advanced)
  7. Ski White Wing (easy)
  8. Ski Lois Lane (easy)
  9. Ride Explorer Gondola Upper
  10. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  11. Ride Lone Peak Tram
  12. Ski Yeti Traverse (advanced)
  13. Ski Liberty Bowl (advanced)
  14. Ski Bavarian Forest (advanced)
  15. Ski Mule Skinner (intermediate)
  16. Ride Dakota 3
  17. Ski Badlands (advanced)
  18. Ski Rock Valley (advanced)
  19. Ski Kircher's Cliffs (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Rock Valley. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Dakota 3 (2 min).

See Kircher's Cliffs 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.