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Old Faithful at Big Sky Resort

Advanced · 343 m long with 87 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 31° at its steepest, facing N.

31°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
343 mlength
87 mvertical
2632 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Old Faithful

Lifts that reach the top: Lone Tree 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Moonlight West Lift 2 (skiing expert 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 Old Faithful (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Grizzly Meadows. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Madison 8 (6 min), Derringer 4 (6 min).

See Old Faithful 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.