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Yaak at Big Sky Resort

Intermediate · 219 m long with 42 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 17° at its steepest, facing N.

17°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
219 mlength
42 mvertical
2298 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Yaak

Lifts that reach the top: Derringer 4 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Pony Express 3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Iron Horse 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Madison 8 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Challenger 3 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Headwaters 2 (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Derringer 4
  2. Ski Glacier Way (easy)
  3. Ski Yaak (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Stage Fright, Buckaroo, Cupajo. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed magic carpet (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (1 min), Derringer 4 (2 min).

See Yaak 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.