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Whitetail at Big Sky Resort

Advanced · 583 m long with 424 m of vertical, averaging 36° and 45° at its steepest, facing NE.

45°steepest 50 m
36°average pitch
583 mlength
424 mvertical
3088 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Whitetail

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 24 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 unnamed expert trail (expert)
  10. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  11. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  12. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  13. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  14. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  15. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  16. Hike unnamed expert trail (expert)
  17. Ski Class 4 (advanced)
  18. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  19. Ski Whitetail (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Stillwater Traverse, Big Tree Cutoff, Three Forks. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lone Tree 4 (1 min), Madison 8 (6 min), Derringer 4 (7 min).

See Whitetail 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.