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Middle River at Big Sky Resort

Easy · 1071 m long with 136 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 13° at its steepest, facing SW.

13°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
1071 mlength
136 mvertical
2450 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Middle River is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

How to get to Middle River

Lifts that reach the top: Cascade 3 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Little Thunder 2 (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 40 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Thunder Wolf
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Pacifier (easy)
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ride Swift Current 6
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ski Jay Walk (easy)
  8. Ski White Wing (easy)
  9. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  10. Ski White Otter Access (easy)
  11. Ski White Otter (easy)
  12. Ride Cascade 3
  13. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  14. Ski Middle River (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Plenty Coup, Rising Bull Access, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Cascade 3 (1 min), White Otter 2 (1 min).

See Middle River 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.