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SaveBig Sky Resort offers over 40 miles of gravity fed trails for Beginners to Pros. A healthy mix of Flow Trails and Technical Trails for all ability levels. Swift Current, Ramcharger, and Explorer run from 10am to 5pm during the summer months.
Primary Trail Type: All-Mountain & Downhill
Land Status: Ski Resort

Links
Files
- Map_SummerTrailMapv4.pdf (7.14 MB)
Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
57 trails
- E-Bike
2 trails
- Hike
5 trails
- Trail Running
4 trails
- Downhill Ski
168 trails
Bike Park Details

- 6
- 5
- 21
- 12
- 11
- 1
Region Status
Caution as of Sep 13, 2020- Day Ticket
- $39 USD
- Uplift Type
- Chair Lift
- Season end
- Sep 28
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 225
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 59
- Trails E-Bike
- 2
- Trails Horse
- 1
- Trails Hike
- 5
- Trails Trail Running
- 4
- Trails Downhill Ski
- 168
- Total Distance
- 154 miles
- Total Descent
- 117,427 ft
- Total Vertical
- 5,276 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 11,151 ft
- Reports
- 357
- Photos
- 185
- Ridden Counter
- 31,682
Articles
Race Report: Mitch Ropelato & Porsha Murdock Win Big Mountain Enduro Big Sky Season Opener
Aug 26, 2020 from pinkbike.com
8 stages and roughly 5000 feet of climbing dispersed between the transitions.
Race Report: Big Mountain Enduro Round 4 - Big Sky, MT
Aug 7, 2019 from pinkbike.com
For its penultimate stop of 2019, the Big Mountain Enduro made its way to Southwest Montana.
Race Report: Round 3 of the 2019 Montana Enduro Series - Big Sky Resort
Jul 30, 2019 from pinkbike.com
From low angle flow to the steepest of rock waterfalls and root filled chutes.
Destination Guide: Where to Sleep, Eat, Drink, and Play in Big Sky
May 28, 2021 from skimag.com
From lodging to après, a ski traveler's guide to Montana's adventure mecca.
Popular Big Sky Resort Mountain Biking Trails
Big Sky Resort Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
---|---|---|
North Fork Loop | 8 miles | |
Freehub Magazine: Snake Charmer to Mountain to Meadow | 6 miles | |
Freehub Magazine: Ninja Marmot | 2,943 ft | |
Full M2M | 10 miles | |
Big Mountain Enduro - Big Sky Montana 2019 race | 21 miles | |
Big Mountain Enduro - Big Sky Montana 2020 race | 31 miles | |
Big Mountain Enduro - Big Sky 2021 race | 26 miles | |
Big Mountain Enduro - Big Sky 2021 race | 24 miles | |
race | 17 miles | |
race | 23 miles |
Photos of Big Sky Resort Mountain Bike
trail: Mountain to Meadow Climb
28 |
Aug 21, 2023 @ 6:35am
Aug 21, 2023
trail: Mineshaft
27 |
Jul 24, 2023 @ 9:29am
Jul 24, 2023
trail: Elbow
286 |
Aug 28, 2016 @ 9:35am
Aug 28, 2016
trail: Snake Charmer
245 |
Aug 28, 2016 @ 8:52am
Aug 28, 2016
trail: Snake Charmer
150 |
Aug 10, 2016 @ 9:04am
Aug 10, 2016
trail: Elbow
195 |
Aug 8, 2015 @ 8:07am
Aug 8, 2015
trail: Soul Hole
288 |
Aug 24, 2009 @ 7:15am
Aug 24, 2009
trail: Soul Hole
323 |
Sep 10, 2005 @ 7:00pm
Sep 10, 2005Videos of Big Sky Resort Mountain Bike

trail: Lobo
210 |
May 8, 2022

trail: Lobo
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Oct 18, 2021

trail: Joker Lips
248 |
Jun 26, 2021

trail: Joker Lips
0:29 |
181 |
Aug 10, 2020

trail: Elbow
12:08 |
201 |
Aug 11, 2019

trail: Elbow
10:22 |
103 |
Jul 22, 2019

trail: Ninja Marmot
1:46 |
144 |
Sep 3, 2018

trail: Revenge
5:26 |
510 |
Aug 30, 2018
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Mountain to Meadow Climb | Oct 22, 2023 @ 3:19am Oct 22, 2023 | Ideal | Shanoking10 | ||
Lake | Sep 17, 2023 @ 5:50am Sep 17, 2023 | Ideal | cackerman3 | ||
Wardance | Sep 15, 2023 @ 4:30am Sep 15, 2023 | Dry | cackerman3 | ||
Coolridge | Sep 15, 2023 @ 4:30am Sep 15, 2023 | Variable | cackerman3 | ||
Coolridge Connector | Sep 15, 2023 @ 4:30am Sep 15, 2023 | Dry | cackerman3 | ||
Happy Hooves | Sep 3, 2023 @ 9:44am Sep 3, 2023 | Variable | Alzlab | ||
Snake Charmer | Sep 3, 2023 @ 9:44am Sep 3, 2023 | Variable | Alzlab | ||
Gambler | Sep 3, 2023 @ 9:44am Sep 3, 2023 | Variable | Alzlab | ||
Madison Village Connector | Aug 22, 2023 @ 2:56am Aug 22, 2023 | Wet | Shanoking10 | ||
Nameless | Aug 7, 2023 @ 8:34am Aug 7, 2023 | Unknown | dirtfarmerjimmy |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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Shanoking10 | add | report | Mountain to Meadow Climb | Oct 23, 2023 @ 7:04am Oct 23, 2023 |
shredsticks | vote | trail | Brown Rice and 1 more | Oct 17, 2023 @ 9:05am Oct 17, 2023 |
cackerman3 | add | report | Lake | Sep 17, 2023 @ 7:09pm Sep 17, 2023 |
Jrodocker | wishlist | route | North Fork Loop | Sep 17, 2023 @ 1:12pm Sep 17, 2023 |
blackross371 | ridden | trail | Snake Charmer and 10 more | Sep 17, 2023 @ 11:27am Sep 17, 2023 |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | So steep, so good, the top was the trickiest... | Aug 20, 2023 @ 6:15pm Aug 20, 2023 | ||
trail | The entrance was the worst part. The rest was... | Jul 26, 2023 @ 5:13pm Jul 26, 2023 | ||
trail | Such a great trail. It is all rideable so... | Jul 26, 2023 @ 5:12pm Jul 26, 2023 | ||
trail | As of June 2023 the map is incorrect. The... | Jul 2, 2023 @ 6:40am Jul 2, 2023 | ||
trail | this trail is non-top LOLZ | Jul 21, 2022 @ 4:12pm Jul 21, 2022 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
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Big Sky Community Trail System | 12 | 14 | 1 | 4.9 km | |
Southern Gallatin Range | 4 | 15 | 8 | 10.4 km | |
Madison Range | 2 | 10 | 14 | 18.7 km | |
Northern Gallatin Range | 17 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 23.7 km |
Moser | 4 | 19 | 2 | 27.6 km |
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Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 57 | 60 miles | 28,678 ft | 45 miles | 2,277 ft | #737 | #388 | 185 | 357 | 14 | 5,793 | |
E-Bike | 2 | 8 miles | 2,654 ft | 5 miles | 2,277 ft | #1,708 | 285 | 56 | ||||
Horse | 1 | 4 miles | 1,194 ft | 4 miles | 1,165 ft | 71 | 1 | |||||
Hike | 5 | 7 miles | 3,363 ft | 6 miles | 5,259 ft | #6,226 | #2,911 | 1 | 288 | 224 | ||
Trail Running | 4 | 6 miles | 1,398 ft | 4 miles | 2,792 ft | #6,228 | #2,910 | 288 | 1 | 171 | ||
Downhill Ski | 168 | 88 miles | 85,781 ft | 84 miles | 4,321 ft | #39 | 1 | 2,679 |
- By dirtypete & contributors
- Admins: BSCO, SWMMBA-BS, BSR
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