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Riffle at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 293 m long with 72 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 22° at its steepest, facing SE.

22°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
293 mlength
72 mvertical
2506 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Riffle

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); Challenger 3 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Headwaters 2 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Lone Tree 4 (skiing expert 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 Lazy Jack (easy)
  5. Ski Powder River (intermediate)
  6. Ski Riffle (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Blue Moon. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Iron Horse 4 (1 min), Pony Express 3 (2 min), Cascade 3 (5 min).

See Riffle 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.