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Skittles Road at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 4887 m long with 481 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 20° at its steepest, facing E.

20°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
4887 mlength
481 mvertical
2779 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Skittles Road

Lifts that reach the top: Shedhorn 4 - High Speed (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Pine Ridge (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Swift Current 6 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Explorer Gondola Upper (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Dakota 3 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Lone Peak Tram (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 21 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Fast Lane (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lone Wolf (easy)
  5. Ski Chet's Knob (intermediate)
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ride Swift Current 6
  8. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  9. Ski Lobo Meadows (intermediate)
  10. Ski Cow Flats (intermediate)
  11. Ski Skittles Road (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Skittles Road, Bluebird, Bluebird, unnamed intermediate trail, unnamed easy trail, Ambush, Pacifier. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Swift Current 6 (1 min), Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (1 min).

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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.