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Rising Bull Access at Big Sky Resort

Easy · 1718 m long with 86 m of vertical, averaging 4° and 12° at its steepest, facing NE.

12°steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
1718 mlength
86 mvertical
2392 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Rising Bull Access

Lifts that reach the top: Explorer Gondola Lower (skiing easy terrain to get there); Explorer Gondola Upper (skiing easy terrain to get there); Swift Current 6 (skiing easy terrain to get there); 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).

From the base area (about 36 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Thunder Wolf
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Pacifier (easy)
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ride Swift Current 6
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ski Jay Walk (easy)
  8. Ski White Wing (easy)
  9. Ski Playground (easy)
  10. Ski Bozeman Trail (easy)
  11. Ski White Otter Access (easy)
  12. Ski Rising Bull Access (easy)

Where it ends

Joins White Otter. Nearest lifts from the bottom: White Otter 2 (1 min), Cascade 3 (1 min).

See Rising Bull Access 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.