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crf741going with my family over spring break, just wondering opinions on the mtn cuz i never been
hamsauceBig Sky is legit. Some incredible terrain, and a huge resort. Crowds generally stick to the 2 base area lifts. As a general rule of thumb:
- The quality of terrain is inversely proportional to the quality of the chairlift
- The lift line is also inversely proportional to the distance from the base area.
The great thing about big sky is that there is always good snow. There is enough variety in aspect that somewhere is always windloaded and somewhere always has sunlight on it. Powder Seeker isnt skiing well? Head over to Challenger. Challenger isnt good? Chances are headwaters is windloaded. Everywhere busy? Lap Dakota/Shedhorn- there WILL be fresh snow there.
Must Ski-
- When in doubt, explore the Challenger lift. Lots of great options and cool terrain.
- If you ski Powder Seeker (the bowl), then traverse over as far as you can on the Turkey Traverse. If you stay high, keep your speed, and Jerry doesnt stop on the traverse in front of you, then you can make it pretty high up all the way over to exit chute
- Do at least one A-Z hike from the top of Challenger. Parachute is a good starter. Or traverse to Pinnacles if you dont want to hike
- If you pay for the tram, and its open, North Summit Snowfield is amazing. If not, then Marx/Lenin are great, or Gullies 1/2 if you want something a little dicier.
- Headwaters chutes are amazing but can get rocky. You can either go from the top of the headwaters lift or hike from Challenger. Careful- these can get gnarly.
- Obsidian is my favorite run on the whole mountain- pretty sure thats where the IFSA comps are. Theres a little sidestep at the start from the top of Lone Tree. Any direction off of Lone Tree lift is pretty good though
- Avoid 6 shooter unless you need to get back over to the base area from the Moonlight side
- Thunder Wolf can be sick if its a pow day
SteezyYeeterwhat about sidehorn/dakota? glades look fun (judging off of the trail map taped to my bedroom wall LOL)
hamsauceShedhorn/Dakota are sick- short lift lines, always fresh snow. Glades are great. Barvarian forest is amazing. They got 10 inches of snow on that side last night while the rest of the mountain barely got any. Cliffs if you know where to go
carsonaftonalpsthe 3 main lifts: six shooter, swifty,ramcharger get pretty busy and six shooter tends to get pretty windy and cold on cold days.
make sure to check out dakota and the chutes by challenger" if open".
terrain park is very good but access to it is by a main lift so lines get long and the landings on the jumps are super steep so if your sending any spins make sure to stay on axis cause you will get bad shinbang,
carsonaftonalpsthe 3 main lifts: six shooter, swifty,ramcharger get pretty busy and six shooter tends to get pretty windy and cold on cold days.
make sure to check out dakota and the chutes by challenger" if open".
terrain park is very good but access to it is by a main lift so lines get long and the landings on the jumps are super steep so if your sending any spins make sure to stay on axis cause you will get bad shinbang,
crf741okay thats good to know, if anyone else knows more about the park scene there lmk because i got no clue what im walking into
crf741okay thats good to know, if anyone else knows more about the park scene there lmk because i got no clue what im walking into
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**This post was edited on Mar 4th 2024 at 8:11:37pm
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