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Three Forks at Big Sky Resort

Expert · 1171 m long with 444 m of vertical, averaging 35° and 47° at its steepest, facing NE.

47°steepest 50 m
35°average pitch
1171 mlength
444 mvertical
3104 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Three Forks

Lifts that reach the top: Headwaters 2 (skiing expert terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 25 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 expert trail (expert)
  6. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  7. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  8. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  9. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  10. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  11. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  12. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  13. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  14. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  15. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  16. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  17. Ski Class 4 (advanced)
  18. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  19. Ski Three Forks (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Stillwater Traverse, Whitetail, Big Tree Cutoff, Stillwater Bowl, unnamed expert trail, Headwaters Hiking Area. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lone Tree 4 (1 min), Headwaters 2 (2 min), Madison 8 (6 min).

See Three Forks 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.