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BUTT CRACK COULOIR | PEAK 10115 | MADISON | MONTANA | UNITED STATES

BUTT CRACK COULOIR
BUTT CRACK COULOIR
Date Created: 04/06/2009
Last Updated: 04/06/2009
Ranking:Good
Skiable Vert:1500 ft
Climbing Vert:1900 ft
Top Elevation:9800 ft
Trailhead Elevation:7900 ft
Ascent Mileage:2
AVG Ascent Time:2-3 hours
Ascent Type:Bootpack, Skin
Trees:none
Slope Aspect:South
Steepest Section:35-45 Degrees
Slope Type:Couloir
Exit:Clean
First Descent:
Nearest Town:Big Sky
AVG Snowfall:350
Snowpack:It tends to be a lot more unstable then its Teton neighbors to the south.

Highlights

A fun little couloir with a great name. Good skiing to and from the couloir.

Ascent

Drive one mile past Big Sky Mountain Village and turn right onto Beehive Basin road. Follow the road down a hill until you see a trail head on your left. Skin north in a meadow/drainage and you will eventually want to acsne the ridge line on your left. There are a couple ways to do it so just find what makes sense to you. ONce you are on the ridge continue out heading north on the ridge and the Butt Crack will come into view. Ski down to the base of it and boot up. You can also ski in from the top.

Descent

Ski the couloir and then skin back to the top of the ridge of which you came. And ski the west facing side of the ridge and follow the drainage back to the trailhead.

Access/Permits

Private property abounds here so be respectful!

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Sasquatch wrote on 04/16/09 at 09:59:08 am pst:

Skied this a couple days ago, great pow!

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