Big Mountain Ski Trail Map - Layered Wood Wall Art
by Mountaincut
The mountain the locals still call Big, now on your wall. Mountaincut's Big Mountain Ski Trail Map is a layered wooden wall art piece featuring hand-traced ski trails expertly laser cut from premium birch and/or walnut plywood, a handcrafted tribute to the legendary northwest Montana peak, known today as Whitefish Mountain Resort but forever "Big Mountain" to the faithful who have skied it for generations.
Montana's Snow Ghost Wonderland, Captured in Wood
Rising above the town of Whitefish in the Flathead National Forest of northwest Montana, just a short drive from the entrance to Glacier National Park, Big Mountain has been a Montana skiing institution since 1947. In 2007 the resort officially adopted the name Whitefish Mountain Resort, but ask anyone who grew up here and they'll tell you it will always be Big Mountain. From a base of 4,464 feet to a summit of 6,817 feet, the mountain delivers a 2,353-foot vertical drop, nearly half a mile, across roughly 3,020 acres of skiable terrain on all aspects of the peak. Its 110-plus named trails are served by 14 lifts, including the Snow Ghost Express six-pack, and an average of 300 inches of snow blankets the mountain each season, so heavy and wet that it freezes the alpine firs into the ghostly white figures the locals call snow ghosts. This handcrafted map captures every trail, bowl, and glade across all three faces in beautiful layered wood relief.
Every Bowl, Every Glade, Every Memory
Big Mountain is a tree skier's paradise, with a terrain breakdown of roughly 15% beginner, 35% intermediate, 40% advanced, and 10% expert. Its groomed intermediate runs and welcoming beginner area make it a wonderful family mountain, but the real magic lies off-trail, in the vast expanses of bowls and glades that make Big Mountain's tree skiing world-renowned and unmatched anywhere in Montana. The longest run, Hell Fire, unspools 2.52 miles through the beautiful Hellroaring Basin, while Hellroaring itself is the mountain's most advanced terrain, holding cliffs, vertical chutes, and tight, technical tree skiing. The Northside offers sustained glades in Window Pane, and Bighorn delivers genuine steep pitch. On many days the clouds hang low enough that skiers can literally ski above the clouds, carving through fields of snow ghosts with the Flathead Valley spread out below. Four terrain parks and night skiing on weekends round out the experience. And best of all, Big Mountain remains one of the great values in western skiing, with uncrowded slopes, minimal lift lines, and a genuine, welcoming Montana soul that the big-name resorts simply can't match.
Exceptional Craftsmanship, Made in the USA
All Mountaincut wooden trail maps are precision laser cut and etched, hand-stained, and finished in the United States using birch and/or walnut plywood. The two-layer construction creates a rich, dimensional look where the mountain's bowls, glades, and trail network stand out in beautiful relief. Hanging hardware comes preinstalled, so your new trail map will be on display in minutes.
Because each piece is crafted from real wood, no two maps are exactly alike, with natural variations in the grain and stain giving every piece its own character, just like a powder morning skiing above the clouds through the snow ghosts.
The Perfect Gift for Big Mountain Devotees
Whether you skied Hellroaring on a deep day, cruised Hell Fire from the summit, learned to ski here as a kid, carved through the snow ghosts above the clouds, or have been calling it Big Mountain long after the signs changed to Whitefish, this map is a lasting reminder of the northwest Montana peak that means everything to those who know it. Prefer the current name? Mountaincut offers this same handcrafted trail map with the Whitefish name as well. Mountaincut products are made to order and most items ship within 2 to 3 days. Larger sizes (30" and above) may take 5 to 8 days before shipping.
Available in multiple sizes. Forever Big Mountain, on your wall every day of the year.
