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Rips at Big Sky Resort

Extreme · 2081 m long with 491 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 45° at its steepest, facing N.

45°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
2081 mlength
491 mvertical
3182 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Rips

Lifts that reach the top: Lone Peak Tram (skiing freeride terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 25 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Lazy Jack (easy)
  4. Ride Headwaters 2
  5. Ski unnamed trail
  6. Ski Highway (advanced)
  7. Ski White Wing (easy)
  8. Ski Lois Lane (easy)
  9. Ride Explorer Gondola Upper
  10. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  11. Ride Lone Peak Tram
  12. Ski North Summit Snowfield (extreme)
  13. Ski Rips (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Deepwater Bowl, Great Falls, Great Falls Gully. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lone Tree 4 (6 min), Madison 8 (8 min), Derringer 4 (8 min).

See Rips 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.