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Ponderosa at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 956 m long with 217 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 22° at its steepest, facing SE.

22°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
956 mlength
217 mvertical
2649 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Ponderosa is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

How to get to Ponderosa

Lifts that reach the top: Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 24 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Thunder Wolf
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Pacifier (easy)
  4. Ride Ramcharger 8 - High Speed
  5. Ski Yellow Brick Road (easy)
  6. Ski Ponderosa (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins El Dorado. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Southern Comfort (1 min), Sacajawea 3 (3 min).

See Ponderosa 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.