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Pony Express at Big Sky Resort

Easy · 436 m long with 41 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 10° at its steepest, facing E.

10°steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
436 mlength
41 mvertical
2421 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Pony Express is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Pony Express

Lifts that reach the top: Pony Express 3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Iron Horse 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Madison 8 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Explorer Gondola Upper (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Swift Current 6 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Powder Seeker 6 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Fast Lane (intermediate)
  4. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  5. Ski Blue Moon (intermediate)
  6. Ski Pony Express (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Rising Bull Access. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pony Express 3 (1 min), Cascade 3 (3 min), White Otter 2 (3 min).

See Pony Express 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.