Patrol Trees at Big Sky Resort
Advanced · 217 m long with 70 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 30° at its steepest, facing NW.
30°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
217 mlength
70 mvertical
2794 mtop elevation
NWfaces
Snow and sun
Patrol Trees is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Patrol Trees
Lifts that reach the top: Lone Tree 4 (skiing novice terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 9 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Madison 8
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Lazy Jack (easy)
- Ski Stillwater Traverse (intermediate)
- Ski Meriwether (intermediate)
- Ski Stillwater Traverse (intermediate)
- Ride Lone Tree 4
- Ski Horseshoe (intermediate)
- Ski Patrol Trees (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lone Tree 4 (2 min), Madison 8 (6 min), Derringer 4 (7 min).
See Patrol Trees on the 3D mapAll runs at Big Sky ResortMeasured 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.