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Smithy at Big Sky Resort

Easy · 527 m long with 70 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 14° at its steepest, facing N.

14°steepest 50 m
average pitch
527 mlength
70 mvertical
2444 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Smithy

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 advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 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 unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  7. Ski Natawista (easy)
  8. Ski Smithy (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Hideaway, Natawista. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed magic carpet (4 min), Jayhawk (4 min), unnamed magic carpet (4 min).

See Smithy 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.