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):
- Ride Madison 8
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Lazy Jack (easy)
- Ski Stillwater Traverse (intermediate)
- Ski Meriwether (intermediate)
- Ski Stillwater Traverse (intermediate)
- Ride Lone Tree 4
- Ski Horseshoe (intermediate)
- Ski Lookout Ridge (intermediate)
- 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 ResortMeasured 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.