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Upper Pinnacles at Big Sky Resort

Expert · 383 m long with 184 m of vertical, averaging 26° and 48° at its steepest, facing S.

48°steepest 50 m
26°average pitch
383 mlength
184 mvertical
3000 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Upper Pinnacles is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Upper Pinnacles

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 11 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 Upper Pinnacles (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Morningstar, Dead Top. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Powder Seeker 6 (1 min), Challenger 3 (4 min), Explorer Gondola Upper (4 min).

See Upper Pinnacles 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.