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Lower Pinnacles at Big Sky Resort

Expert · 328 m long with 179 m of vertical, averaging 29° and 45° at its steepest, facing SE.

45°steepest 50 m
29°average pitch
328 mlength
179 mvertical
2987 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Lower Pinnacles is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Lower Pinnacles

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 10 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 Lower Pinnacles (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Dead Top. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Challenger 3 (4 min), Explorer Gondola Upper (4 min), Iron Horse 4 (5 min).

See Lower Pinnacles 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.