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Madagascar at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 268 m long with 91 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 22° at its steepest, facing NW.

22°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
268 mlength
91 mvertical
2505 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Madagascar

Lifts that reach the top: Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Thunder Wolf (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Southern Comfort (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 10 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Thunder Wolf
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Hangman's (intermediate)
  4. Ski Safari (intermediate)
  5. Ski Madagascar (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Pacifier. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (3 min), Swift Current 6 (3 min), unnamed magic carpet (4 min).

See Madagascar 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.