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The Nile at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 162 m long with 34 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 17° at its steepest, facing N.

17°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
162 mlength
34 mvertical
2662 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Tree skiing (gladed).

How to get to The Nile

Lifts that reach the top: Southern Comfort (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 26 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Cabin 3
  2. Ride Lewis and Clark 4 - High Speed
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski K1 Return (easy)
  5. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  6. Ski Deep South (easy)
  7. Ride Southern Comfort
  8. Ski Pacifier (easy)
  9. Ski The Nile (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Pacifier. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ramcharger 8 - High Speed (6 min), Swift Current 6 (6 min), unnamed magic carpet (6 min).

See The Nile 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.