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White Otter at Big Sky Resort

Easy · 849 m long with 51 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 13° at its steepest, facing NE.

13°steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
849 mlength
51 mvertical
2355 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to White Otter

Lifts that reach the top: Explorer Gondola Lower (skiing easy terrain to get there); Explorer Gondola Upper (skiing easy terrain to get there); Swift Current 6 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Iron Horse 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Madison 8 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Powder Seeker 6 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 35 minutes, easy 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 White Wing (easy)
  9. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  10. Ski White Otter Access (easy)
  11. Ski White Otter (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Buffalo Hide, Rising Bull Access. Nearest lifts from the bottom: White Otter 2 (1 min), Cascade 3 (1 min).

See White Otter 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.