The Best Backcountry Skiing Routes in North Madisons

The South face of Gallatin Peak is a great long tour to the highest peak overlooking the Gallatin Valley - the views are worth the slog alone. The line itself is about 35 degrees for 1500 feet of wide open turns....

The Blaze is a very popular summer skiing destination. It holds snow all year most years and it gets skied mostly in the summer months from the Spanish creek trailhead. This line can also be skied via a long tour out of Beehive or Bear Basins....

The South face of Blaze Mountain is about 1500 feet vertical with a pitch in the high 30 degrees. It is essentially a long gully flanked by trees. Getting here is a pretty long tour, and it doesn't see much traffic....

The Bear Basin Meadows, also known as Bear/ Hive are some of the better options for mellow skiing in the Big Sky area. It is a very wide area, about an eighth of a mile north to south and around 1000 feet of vertical....

The South face of Wilson Peak is visible from many areas of Big Sky Resort, it looks right at you, begging to be skied. It's is a very rewarding line, achieved with relatively little effort....

The Titanic Chute is another line that is "In your face" when skiing at Big Sky. It is about 2000 feet long and consists of a large upper bowl before tightening out into a snaking gully....

The West face of Gallatin Peak is very rarely skied due to its distance from any trailhead. It is a 40+ degree, 1000 feet hourglass like line that bends right, then drops for another 500 feet into the head of Hellroaring creek....

The East face of Gallatin Peak is a one of the hardest ski objectives in the area. It is about 1000 feet vertical and has a pitch in the high 30 degrees....

The 4th of July chute is aptly named as it holds snow well into the summer most years. It isn't too hard to get to, lying about three miles from the car at the head of Beehive Basin....

The Hanging Garden is not a line to be taken lightly. It requires perfect snowpack assessment and skiing ability. It is a little less than 1000 feet vertical and is about 10 feet wide in the crux, depending on snow levels....