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The Wave at Big Sky Resort

Expert · 244 m long with 172 m of vertical, averaging 35° and 47° at its steepest, facing SE.

47°steepest 50 m
35°average pitch
244 mlength
172 mvertical
3047 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

The Wave is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to The Wave

Lifts that reach the top: Lone Peak Tram (skiing expert terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Lazy Jack (easy)
  4. Ride Headwaters 2
  5. Ski unnamed trail
  6. Ski Highway (advanced)
  7. Ski White Wing (easy)
  8. Ski Lois Lane (easy)
  9. Ride Explorer Gondola Upper
  10. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  11. Ride Lone Peak Tram
  12. Ski Yeti Traverse (advanced)
  13. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  14. Ski Liberty Bowl (expert)
  15. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  16. Ski The Wave (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Upper Sunlight. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Dakota 3 (4 min), Shedhorn 4 - High Speed (4 min), Swift Current 6 (11 min).

See The Wave 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.