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Spotted Elk at Big Sky Resort

Advanced · 804 m long with 249 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 23° at its steepest, facing NW.

23°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
804 mlength
249 mvertical
2631 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Tree skiing (gladed).

How to get to Spotted Elk

Lifts that reach the top: Thunder Wolf (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Southern Comfort (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 9 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Thunder Wolf
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  4. Ski Spotted Elk (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Hangman's. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (2 min), Swift Current 6 (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (3 min).

See Spotted Elk 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.