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Turkey Traverse at Big Sky Resort

Advanced · 929 m long with 121 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 21° at its steepest, facing SE.

21°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
929 mlength
121 mvertical
2986 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Turkey Traverse

Lifts that reach the top: Powder Seeker 6 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Lone Peak Tram (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 33 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Thunder Wolf
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Pacifier (easy)
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ride Swift Current 6
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ski Jay Walk (easy)
  8. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  9. Ride Powder Seeker 6
  10. Ski Turkey Traverse (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Exit Chute. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Powder Seeker 6 (1 min), Explorer Gondola Upper (5 min), Challenger 3 (6 min).

See Turkey Traverse 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.