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Trapline at Big Sky Resort

Advanced · 973 m long with 253 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 35° at its steepest, facing NE.

35°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
973 mlength
253 mvertical
2592 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Tree skiing (gladed).

How to get to Trapline

Lifts that reach the top: Lone Tree 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Lone Peak Tram (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Headwaters 2 (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing freeride terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Lazy Jack (easy)
  4. Ski Stillwater Traverse (intermediate)
  5. Ski Meriwether (intermediate)
  6. Ski Stillwater Traverse (intermediate)
  7. Ride Lone Tree 4
  8. Ski Horseshoe (intermediate)
  9. Ski Lookout Ridge (intermediate)
  10. Ski Trapline (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Madison 8 (3 min), Derringer 4 (3 min).

See Trapline 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.