Snowbird
Overview
An area suitable for experts and adventurous intermediates, Snowbird has a reputation for deep and steep and some of the driest lightest powder snow in the USA, ally that to the 42 ft!! annual snowfall and you can see why powder hounds gravitate to Snowbird. Now connected to Alta ski resort via Mount Baldy or a 4 minute drive the ski area is much larger and more diverse.
Offslope/apres ski
Apres ski is best described as peaceful but you don’t go to Snowbird to stay up all night and miss the next day.
Overview
Expert to adventurous intermediate terrain 45 mins from Salt Lake City.
At a glance
- Pistes:
- 4700acres (area)
- Resort height:
- 2365m
- Top station:
- 3350m
Suitability
Positives
- Ski convenient
- Powder skiers dream
- Linked to Alta
Negatives
- Architecture not to everyones taste
- Quiet apres ski
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