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Upper Bearcat Gully at Big Sky Resort

Advanced · 208 m long with 73 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 27° at its steepest, facing NE.

27°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
208 mlength
73 mvertical
2678 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Bearcat Gully

Lifts that reach the top: Iron Horse 4 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Madison 8 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Headwaters 2 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Lone Tree 4 (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 3 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madison 8
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Fast Lane (intermediate)
  4. Ski Elkhorn (advanced)
  5. Ski Upper Bearcat Gully (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lazy Jack, Powder River, Lower Bearcat Gully, Hollywood. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Iron Horse 4 (2 min), Pony Express 3 (3 min), Madison 8 (6 min).

See Upper Bearcat Gully 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.