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North Summit Snowfield at Big Sky Resort

Extreme · 404 m long with 216 m of vertical, averaging 28° and 40° at its steepest, facing N.

40°steepest 50 m
28°average pitch
404 mlength
216 mvertical
3398 mtop elevation
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Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to North Summit Snowfield

Lifts that reach the top: Lone Peak Tram (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 33 minutes, freeride 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 unnamed easy trail (easy)
  9. Ride Lone Peak Tram
  10. Ski North Summit Snowfield (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Great Falls, Rips. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lone Tree 4 (8 min), Madison 8 (12 min), Derringer 4 (12 min).

See North Summit Snowfield 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.