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Moonshine at Big Sky Resort

Advanced · 691 m long with 183 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 24° at its steepest, facing NE.

24°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
691 mlength
183 mvertical
2598 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Moonshine

Lifts that reach the top: Lone Tree 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Lone Peak Tram (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Headwaters 2 (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing freeride terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Lazy Jack (easy)
  4. Ski Stillwater Traverse (intermediate)
  5. Ski Meriwether (intermediate)
  6. Ski Stillwater Traverse (intermediate)
  7. Ride Lone Tree 4
  8. Ski Horseshoe (intermediate)
  9. Ski Lookout Ridge (intermediate)
  10. Ski Moonshine (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed advanced trail, Ice House. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Madison 8 (3 min), Derringer 4 (4 min).

See Moonshine 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.